"There is much pain here. Some people think you can have your cake and eat it. the cake gets mouldy and they choke on what's left. going back after a long time will make you mad, because the people you left behind do not like to think of you changed, will treat you as they always did, accuse you of being indifferent, when you are only different"(Whinterson 160-61).
Jeanette Winterson uses a rendition of the classic line "you can't have your cake and eat it too..."
to describe people's indifference to change. people remember you as they...remember you. when this idea changes, it is sometime rejected, and found to be repulsive. but, like a piece of cake that gets moldy, things are not around forever.
At the end of the week
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So this week I had a huge writers block and as a writer that is never a
good thing. But today I spat out a poem and I've worked it and worked it
and I want...
15 years ago
2 comments:
Besides you being a jerk and getting all-up-in my desk space like this idea. I like the reference to cake too. Yum!
The likening of oneself to a piece of cake seems like a ridiculous metaphor, but it is difficult to dismiss the similarities between the two. Winterson's use of metaphors and symbols throughout the novel aids her in illustrating the ideas that she is trying to portray. To me, it is interesting to pinpoint how these literary devices strengthen the plot and make it more relatable for those who are unfamiliar with the evangelical lifestyle.
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