Since my last thesis blog, a lot has developed in the book of Kavalier & Clay. As the years pass and the story progresses, we are learning a lot about the characters personalities.
The overlying theme in the book is comic books, this provides for a very interesting make-up of character identities. Most characters slip in and out of alternate identities, but not in the sense you might be thinking of. Superheroes. Protectors of the people against villainy, treachery, and tyranny. Characters in the book pour their dreams, hopes, and fears into these alter-egos. I will further develop this thesis until I finish the book, but I think that my thesis for my final AA paper will involve character identity.
A lot has changed in the plot since the last post. A main character, Sam, reveled to himself and his friends that he is homosexual, while his cousin, Joe, on the other hand, has fallen in love with the lovely Rosa Saks. And, after finding about the sudden and mysterious death of his brother Thomas, Joe joins the navy and is stationed in Alaska, where he spends twelve years of the books plot. Meanwhile, Sammy and Rosa marry and move to a suburb of Brooklyn.
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