Comments for Paula: Heat and Dust

Comment on Victorian Women by silsa

silsa — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:11:16 +0000

can you mention more about the book and go in more depth?

Comment on evaluation of the blog by donath@ulricianum

donath@ulricianum — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:25:29 +0000

Really good considerations, Paula, and thanks for the positive approach…
…yet I still discuss internally with myself [what does that look like, Mr. Donath?]whether more precise tasks are/would have been helpful; background: you had quite a lot of ideas concerning parts of the book and working on them by help of the handouts and – I think a reading log needs a reader’s motivation to write something on his/her own – which doesn’t mean I’d criticize your blog, on the contrary, smashing work!
dt

Comment on a new end.. by donath@ulricianum

donath@ulricianum — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:54:52 +0000

Same opinion on my side – at the same time wondering: why do we want her to decide like this – is it because her decision is too strange fro ur/our way of thinking?
Are we perhaps to westerly rational, serious, decent that we prefer an alternative ending like Paula’s?
Anyway, I do prefer a similar ending as well – the narrator’s behaviour is a bit “ab vom Pad”
dt

Comment on a new end.. by Merle

Merle — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:47:59 +0000

Hey Paula,
I like your ending of Heat and Dust although it might be unimagiable because the narrator changes his opinion concerning life in India very contrary to her decision in the novel.
But I also prefer this ending because I don’t like her naivity of staying in India and waiting for what will happen.
Greets Merle

Comment on a new end.. by mi

mi — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:45:28 +0000

oh and i think it´s maji without an s ?
sry

Comment on a new end.. by mi

mi — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:44:29 +0000

could be more imaginative if you would have worked it out,but still a good start so far.
btw it´s of course / not of cause ?

Comment on a new end.. by Doute

Doute — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:43:25 +0000

You mentioned that the narrator does not want to live the same life as Olivia did and I think this idea is very interesting because we get to know that she somehow started to do so.
Maybe this ending is not as imaginative but I however like it because it seems convincing.

Comment on the end by ankelk

ankelk — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:43:55 +0000

Hey Paula,
I’m also somehow disappointed in the end. During the book one expects a dramatic and exciting elopement or end but this is not fulfilled.
A good entry!
Greets, Anke

Comment on the end by m4rje

m4rje — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:34:01 +0000

Your opinion entirely corresponds to mine. The end is kind of disappointing which you depicted in a ggod summarised version…

Comment on A Passage to India Heat and Dust by naaadine

naaadine — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:10:20 +0000

I think you did that task very well. I like the way you analyse because it’s really comprehenseable.