Death
I am having a hard time figuring out what exactly is distinguishing these characters from being alive or dead. It more difficult for me to categorize the gods from this book than it is for me to place Laura, like Katie said, it is not hard for me to imagine that aspect of it. Similarly, it is not difficult for me to imagine Jesus or other gods like those in the book walking around during their respective times. The difficulty is what allows these gods to live and die. What allows something like freezing to death from passing out in the snow to kill something that has been around for so long? I am not totally sure if this question makes sense. It is simply something I would like to discuss and am having difficulty placing. It is as if there really is large amount of fluidity between the living and dead and gods. However, as discussed in the book it is said that now it is harder for someone to stay around once they died (discussion about Laura). What do you think the dead want?
posted by Anonymous at 10:01 AM
3 Comments:
I am really puzzled at the concept of death for Gods. After Wednesday died, his American version's body seemed to stay dead, but his voice was present in the cavern at Rock City. When Mad Sweeney died, he was dead, but still moving and talking and the overall very animated. What about the goddess that ate people with her vagina. The Queen of Sheba. Did she stay dead?
The gods...I think that the god's don't die (freeze to death or such) becasue they are too old (or happened to get drunk in the cold or whatever), it is that people are no longer worshipping them...and as they are only gods not Gods (like one of them said early on), once they pass from everyones memory they "die" but because there are still twists on thier storis alive they maybe aren't totally gone so can talk to Shadow still
as far as what the dead wants... (i decided it be easier to read as two seperate posts)
On page 153 Shadow remembers his convo with Wednesday previously "did you ask her what she wanted? It is the wisest thing to ask the dead. Sometimes they will tell you." And he does ask her ....
I thought it interesting also that in Stranger Things Happen in Louise's Ghost Louise's Mother asked her "have you asked what it wants?" which garnered the responce that she doesn't care what it wants but just wants it gone.
Post a Comment
<< Home