ATDDTA(10) Frank Goes Down [273]

bekah bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
Thu May 31 08:33:29 CDT 2007


Yes,  and I want to keep reading with attention to those and other 
parallels.  Wren is interesting.

Two more days of school and I'm out for the summer.  (Yippie!)

Bekah

At 8:29 PM -0700 5/30/07, Keith wrote:
>It's fascinating how we go from Deuce/Lake to Frank/Wren. Similar 
>sexual exploits, but with Wren more in charge. Frank and Wren are 
>more substantial characters than Deuce and Lake. Wren much more so 
>than Lake. Deuce and Lake connect more with the genitals. Frank and 
>Wren are all about eyes, eye contact, looking. Frank has stuff he is 
>reticent to share with Wren - that he is looking for Deuce/Sloat for 
>revenge. Deuce has stuff he doesn't want to tell Lake - that he 
>killed her father. Mind-twisting transition from the 
>Deuce/Sloat/Lake saga to the story of Frank/Wren. There's much there 
>that I haven't quite gotten yet.
>
>
>On May 30, 2007, at 7:58 PM, bekah wrote:
>
>I decided to argue with myself about Lake and the self won.
>
>Lake is indeed,  as many of you have said previously,  in some kind 
>of stage of re-inventing herself when she becomes the "virgin 
>bride." This is the prelude to the kind of denial she'll be going 
>through later and it's very,  very much in character.
>
>Probably someone said that already.
>
>
>Bekah
>back to work - maybe more this weekend (god forbid)




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