Saturday, March 9, 2019

Blue Angel pg 1-63

Blue angle pages 1-63 establishes the character of prof. Swenson a teacher at Euston university. The story so far revolves on Swenson's handling of his professorship, his writing and personal life. Aside from his wife, Sherrie, we know that Swenson has only one co-worker that he enjoys the rest not so much. We are also introduced to one of Swenson's writing classes that are established to be very close socially except for one girl named Angela Argo. Angela is just one of the characters that Swenson silently judges internally. From his internal monologue we can tell that Swenson has a troubled personal life, difficulty teaching and hard time writing. We know that Swenson recently had a falling out with his daughter Ruby over her dating a student from Euston. Knowing Swenson's character so far he most likely handled the situation poorly and resulted in straining both relationships he has with his wife and daughter. We also know that teaching for Swenson is difficult particular because he can't directly voice negative opinions about the student's works. So far we know that Swenson has a pretty unhappy life but with the introduction of Angela and her proper writing it is likely we see a character change in Swenson. Despite being a student Angela is critical of her classmates works and her criticism are limited to just those her age. Angela's forthright attitude will most likely charm Swenson who has to put with with the facade of being a supportive teacher and husband at all times. Both Angela's character and writing serves as a foil to Swenson. While Swenson's writing has stalled, Angela's writing career is only beginning.

1 comment:

  1. Nice response, David. It's interesting to note that, as you point out, teaching for Swenson is difficult b/c he can't directly voice negative opinions about student work. Why can't he? And why does it bum him out not to?

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