Rory F.

The horse is one of only three appropriate subjects for a painting, along with ships with sails, and men holding up swords while staring off into the distance

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

Zadie Smith comes to Chicago. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

@DdasguptaD @jl21lit We were thinking Saturday, probably at night I would assume.

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

I don't remember when it becomes relevant, but here is a comic book cover that relates to Kavalier and Clay: #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

#LT so I'm not quite sure what the narrator/Junot Diaz was trying say. It doesn't fit at all (literal translation, reputation, etc.) #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

"...the Götterdämmerung of beat downs" on 298. That opera is ultimate only in that it comes last (usually the least acclaimed one) #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

@vda_202 @21stchristian I find it interesting that the Ewing is in ~1848, during one of the largest communist revolutions in history. #21lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

Tbt CompLit: Gregor lost the power to talk and meaning in life. Communication is needed for connection. Is Metamorphosis Post-irony? #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

Sonmi chapter is like Plato's Cave. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

#LT Frobisher mentions Liszt's "La Predication aux Oiseaux," involving St. Francis. Rey lives near San Francisco. The others may too. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

So far, at least three chapters referenced San Francisco: Ewing references it by name (His home back in San Francisco). #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

@vda_202 It could be both. The first one definitely. I can't really say, listen for yourself and decide: https://t.co/2r7vv6zU4R. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

https://t.co/PckaXzfmbR https://t.co/rgTFPaq7yM An animation of Bach's "Little Fugue in G minor" and a better recording of the same. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

Another musical term we could apply to Cloud Atlas is the "variation," a piece with a central theme that alters in form. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

https://t.co/3H9f17pbvT The pop song fugue channel mentioned today in class. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

@cscott21st This is true. Also, the references haven't necessarily been consistently more modern—Spinoza comes to mind. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

Chapter 3's title implies metafiction within Cloud Atlas. Rey reads the letters, which we deemed authentic. Isn't that contradictory? #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

.@cscott21st Categories so far: Ewing's books, Frobisher's music, and Rey's politics. As it gets more modern, we relate to it more. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

RF's name dropping throughout his letters seems similar to Claire's (On Beauty). Is RF trying to elevate his status like Claire does? #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

RF's process of understanding Ewing's Journal (64) lined up with mine: first I noticed journalistic; then, era; then, Goose's trick. #21Lit

[Rory F. @RF21CL]

https://t.co/C8l2qZiYwj The grocery store story from class. It wasn't Gorbachev, but Yeltsin under Gorbachev.