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Transcript: Amy Hempel Al Jolson (May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, and actor who was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer” She is saying that the friend who died also “lit up the world”. “She grabs the bedside phone and loops the cord around her neck “Hey,” she says, “the end o’ line.” “When the ride was over and my jabbering pulse began to slow, she served five parts champagne to one part orange juice, and joked about living in Ocean View, Kansas.” “I can’t remember,” she says. “What does Kubler-Ross say comes after Denial?” “The only thing is,” she says, “is where’s Resurrection? God knows, I want to do it by the book. But she left out Resurrection.” Characters "Because the Good Doctor is a little in love with her, he says maybe a year. He pulls a chair up to her bed and suggests I might like to spend an hour on the beach." [345] Theme “When the baby died, the mother stood over the body, her wrinkled hands moving with animal grace, forming again and again the words: Baby, come hug, Baby, come hug, fluent now in the language of grief.” (Hempel, 350) I learned that first person perspective is very affective in a story about death, because it connects the reader to the story through the narrator and helps the reader to understand their emotions. "A man wrecked his car on 101 going south. He did not lose consciousness. But his arm was taken down to the wet bone - and when he looked at it - it scared him to death." [344] “'I was telling her we used to drink Canada Dry ginger ale and pretend we were in Canada’” (344) “ We watched a movie starring men we used to think we wanted to sleep with.” (348) Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that they will not feel the time was wasted. Beginnings should be memorable Conflict must occur to disturb the stasis It is just possible I will say I stayed the night. And who is there to say that can say I did not?" "That time she flew with me she ate macadamia nuts while the wings bounced. . . She trusts the laws of aerodynamics. My mind stampedes. I can almost accept that a battleship floats when everyone knows steel sinks." [347] Atwood Present a sense of the continuum disrupted and then re-established or reordered “A man wrecked his car on 101 going south. He did not lose consciousness. But his arm was taken down to the wet bone-and when he looked at it-it scared him to death. I mean he died. So I hadn’t dared to look any closer. But now I’m doing it-and hoping that I will live through it.” Beginnings show the power and vision of the author: “There’s more about the chimp, I said. But it will break your heart.” “No, thanks,” she says, and scratches at her mask.” Tone Beginnings show the power and vision of the author Helps understand the narrator's feelings "I want her to be afraid with me. But she said 'I don't know. I'm just not.'"[346] "There was a second bed in the room when I get back to it! For two beats I didn't get it. Then it hits me like an open coffin. She wants every minute, I thought. She wants my life." [347] Blaise “I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.” (Hempel, 349) Carver: No Cheap Tricks “I missed her already” (Hempel, 348) Guilt & the Role of Friendship “The camera made me self-conscious and I stopped. It was trained on us from a ceiling mount-the kind of camera banks use to photograph robbers. It played us to the nurses down the hall in Intensive Care.” Point of View “So how come, I’ll bet they are wondering, it took me so long to get to such a glamorous place? But do they ask? Two months, and how long is the drive?” It is just possible I will say I stayed the night. And who is there that can say I did not? [350] “‘It scared him to death.’ I mean, he died.” (344) Hyperbole: “It will break your heart.” (344) Imagery: “I cling to the sound the way someone dangling above a ravine holds fast to the thrown rope.” (345) Tragic Flaw: “I was supposed to offer something. The Best Friend. I could not even offer to come back.” (349) “‘What is your worst fear?’... ‘That I will finish this course and still be afraid.’” (349) “It is just possible I will say I stayed the night. And who is there to say that I did not?” (350) "Because the Good Doctor is a little in love with her, he says maybe a year." (345) "I looked in... One held a mask over her nose and mouth, the other rubbed her back in slow circles." (349) Beginnings should be a mystery Fear of Death & Loss Construction “‘There is more about the chimp,’ I said. ‘But it will break your heart.’” (344) “I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands...fluent now in the language of grief.” (350) “It is just possible I will say I stayed the night. And who is there to say that I did not?” (350) “I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the costal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.” (349) Evoke emotion "A man wrecked his car on the
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