The description on pages 38 and 39 of the person coming out of the shadows towards David is incredibly dark. We were talking in class about how the portrayal of the gay bars and David's situations are so foreboding...this is a perfect example. The entire description of the "mummy"/"zombie" reveals a dark, menacing, scary undertone:
"thin, black hair was violent with oil"
"The face was white and thoroughly bloodless"
"the shirt was covered in round, paper-thin wafers...which stormed in the light"
That is one of the most intense descriptions of a person that I have ever read. Ever.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment