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half-skinned steer question# Reader - 书香世家

r*w2004-01-08 08:01

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reading close range wyoming stories now
i don't think i get the point of the half-skinned steer
anyone can analyze the short fiction?
i am thinking the steer represents the past that everyone wants to forget and
cannot...the past either for memory, worship or for despise, escape...but can
never go back to...
i like the narrative for the folktale part...
not the part of mero
maybe i would change my mind after finishing every single one of book

t*n2004-01-08 08:01

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and
can
Never read a Proulx before.
What I noticed as interesting is that the steer story is really lame by
itself, without being completed by the following two:
(1) the sexual tension when the story was told (which calls mero's earlier
memory about the indian paintings)
(2) Mero's entire trip can be seen as an elaboration on the sudden conclusion
of the steer story ("all went against him too").

【在 r*******w 的大作中提到】

: reading close range wyoming stories now
: i don't think i get the point of the half-skinned steer
: anyone can analyze the short fiction?
: i am thinking the steer represents the past that everyone wants to forget and
: cannot...the past either for memory, worship or for despise, escape...but can
: never go back to...
: i like the narrative for the folktale part...
: not the part of mero
: maybe i would change my mind after finishing every single one of book

r*w2004-01-08 08:01

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thanks for reading it~~~
yeah, i feel something is missing too
john updike put this one into best short stories of 20th century
so kind of feeling weird
i think "the mud below" is a better proulx short fiction
cant find its content on the net ;(
i almost finished "close range" now
have a better appreciation of her...
plan to read it the second time ;)

conclusion

【在 t*******n 的大作中提到】

:
: and
: can
: Never read a Proulx before.
: What I noticed as interesting is that the steer story is really lame by
: itself, without being completed by the following two:
: (1) the sexual tension when the story was told (which calls mero's earlier
: memory about the indian paintings)
: (2) Mero's entire trip can be seen as an elaboration on the sudden conclusion
: of the steer story ("all went against him too").