Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
'Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
-Thomas Parke D'Invilliers
This quote shows up on the title page of the book and it intrigued me. This kind of sets the theme for the rest of the book because it speaks of people always wanting more and especially lover's wanting something that looks or seems to be impressive. It shows how the characters in this book are very attached to their material items and have a problem with giving them up. If they see something they like such as a "gold hat" or something that interests them, they must have them. They must have the things that interest or entertain them the most. They seem to believe their sophistication stems from the size of their paycheck, or rather, their husband's paycheck. This poem seems to emulate the feeling in the air of the wealthy because they just want more and more. Eventually they are going to get to rock bottom because no matter how much they get, they are never going to be satisfied because material items cannot replace physical people or the feeling of love.
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
'Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
-Thomas Parke D'Invilliers
This quote shows up on the title page of the book and it intrigued me. This kind of sets the theme for the rest of the book because it speaks of people always wanting more and especially lover's wanting something that looks or seems to be impressive. It shows how the characters in this book are very attached to their material items and have a problem with giving them up. If they see something they like such as a "gold hat" or something that interests them, they must have them. They must have the things that interest or entertain them the most. They seem to believe their sophistication stems from the size of their paycheck, or rather, their husband's paycheck. This poem seems to emulate the feeling in the air of the wealthy because they just want more and more. Eventually they are going to get to rock bottom because no matter how much they get, they are never going to be satisfied because material items cannot replace physical people or the feeling of love.
March 25, 2011 at 1:58 PM
You need to more evenly spread your blog posts amongst the half of the novel being addressed. These 5 blogs are supposed to cover the first half of the novel, but only deal with excerpts from the first 50 pages.