A Series of Unfortunate Aquatic Events

[allucinari2011]

Blog Question #3

Part 1, Reflection: Read the course notes page on the T.E.A. paragraph and listen to my little lecture on intertextuality, then write a T.E.A. paragraph on "The Boat."  Consider your answers to last week's blog question on intertextuality, and suggest a) what they have in common and b) why the NARRATOR (not just the author) of the

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[debbie_g]

I think, too, that the narrator of "The Boat" is implying that his father might have committed suicide. It's never directly stated, but all these references to watery deaths that often include either suicide or sacrifice, as well as the reference to Hemingway, do lead us to that possible conclusion.