Just to change the scene a bit, but still keeping it relevant this song from Bachman Turner Overdrive called You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet was the first thing that came into my head when Maxine said to Shannon:
I know the difference between loving someone and just
sleeping with someone—even I know about that … We’ve both reached a
point where we’ve got to settle for something that works for us in our
lives—even if it isn’t on the higher kind of level.
Maxine has decided that she if she can’t have love, she’ll take what she can get, and she accepts that and is satisfied with it.
Symbols:Iguana
ReplyDeletethe captured and tied up iguana is synonymous to shannon’s desperation, like the captured iguana, Shannon is at the end of his rope
the iguana can also be seen as a symbol of human condition
ReplyDeletesymbol: rum cocos
ReplyDeleteThe rum-cocos that Maxine attempts to push on Shannon are an example of her symbol of sexuality
The symbol of the raging storm is equivalent to Shannon's life chaning dilemma's
ReplyDeleteIronically when Shannon is restrained in the hammock because he's a danger to himself, its the only place he feels sane and respected when talking to Hannah. Therefore the symbol of the hammock can repesent his struggle with sanity
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