The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe (read by Basil Rathbone) - Duration: 15:38. Renato Binotto 39,286. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Author Background [ ] The collection reflects the fears, anxieties and issues of America in the 1960s, especially in regard to the fear of a nuclear holocaust. 'One of the astonishing things about looking back at old stories are their references to then-current political and social events', he said in the forums on his personal website. 'We write in a given period, and that period seems to vanish rather quickly, so that all stories become historical the moment they're finished.' In another interview he stated that he never starts writing with a particular theme in mind—that an author’s obsessions at the time emerge naturally to form unity within a short story or a collection of stories. When he spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle, he revealed the reason behind his focus on the anxieties of American society at large. 'I worry about everything in the world,' Boyle says, 'and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.' In the same interview he stated that it’s the stable things in his life—his wife, children, same teaching post for thirty years, the same agent—that enable him to focus on his art. The title story of this collection was inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s song '. Boyle himself is a musician and once aspired to play rock music. For a short while he played saxophone in a band called The Ventilators, although they never recorded. Greasy Lake is also reminiscent of Boyle’s years as a 'rebellious punk'. The often flamboyant outcomes of his stories are a result of his personal theory about writing—that like music, it is ultimately a form of entertainment. He believes that reading has declined in America because stories have become a high art that is incomprehensible to the average person. To him, a story has failed when it requires a critic to mediate between the reader and author. Rather, a story should be approached as something done for leisure or pleasure—not as a school chore. In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Boyle states, 'My ambition is to make great art that is appealing to anyone who knows how to read.' Greasy Lake [ ] The 'Greasy Lake' characters, Digby, whose parents paid his tuition to; Jeff, who had a dangerous personality; and the 'wanna-be bad' narrator relish their 'Bad Boy' image. Download autorun pes 2013. Boyle describes their 'Bad Boy' behavior: “we wore torn-up leather jackets, slouched around with toothpicks in our mouths, sniffed glue and ether [.].' The lake, much like the character's foolish desires, has turned into a lagoon of refuse with broken bottles lining its banks. Boyle’s reference to war is as vivid as the lake, “so stripped of vegetation it looked as if the Air Force had strafed it.” The mention of 's tactical errors in equates to the main character's disastrous misguided offense of losing his car keys. A moral dilemma occurs but is not directly exposed, since the characters desire a 'Bad Boy' image, T.C. Boyle writes: 'There was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out of style, when it was good to be bad [.].' However, an epiphany is reached when the 'Bad Boys' realize that what they desire is not always a good thing. Stories in volume [ ]. • 'Greasy Lake' • 'Caviar' • 'Ike and Nina' • 'Rupert Beersley and the Beggar of the Sivan's-Hoota' • 'On for the Long Haul' • 'The Hector Quesadilla Story' • 'Whales Weep' • 'The New Moon Party' • 'Not a Leg to Stand On' • Stones in my Passway, Hellhound on my Trail' • 'All Shook Up' • 'A Bird in the Hand' • 'Two Ships' • 'Bara Avis' • 'The Overcoat II' Caviar [ ] 'Caviar' is a peculiar short story, of a married couple involved in a 'little experiment.' The short story is narrated by the husband, Mr. Trimpdie, a fisherman by trade, who has never been to college but reads science books and magazines. The wife, Marie, after many years of marriage decides she wants some 'offspring.' The pair repeatedly try to have a child, but Marie cannot get pregnant. The couple decide to go to a doctor and ask about a test-tube baby. Ziss, a very young man, tells them that Marie’s ovaries are shot, and that test-tube reproduction is impossible. Ziss questions the couple, he asks, 'have they considered a surrogate mother?' As he has already contacted a woman on their behalf, should they be interested. For ten thousand dollars plus hospital costs, they agree to have Wendy, a medical school student, as their surrogate mother. Wendy is artificially impregnated by the doctor and becomes very close to the couple. One day, while Marie is working, Wendy and Mr. Trimpie engage in a sexual relationship. ![]() Marie never finds out about the incident. Trimpie, while visiting Wendy after the baby is born, finds Dr.
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