STARING AT THE SUN

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STARING AT THE SUN by Mind Map: STARING AT THE SUN

1. structure

1.1. the Prologue

1.2. three parts

1.2.1. 40 years apart

1.2.1.1. 1940s-60s

1.2.1.1.1. patterns of q&a

1.2.1.2. 1960s-1980s

1.2.1.2.1. patterns of q&a

1.2.1.2.2. radical feminism

1.2.1.3. 2020s

1.2.1.3.1. patterns of q&a

1.2.1.3.2. radical gerontology

1.2.1.3.3. suicide

1.3. images

1.3.1. motorcyclist 450miles west of the coast of Ireland

1.3.2. mink

1.3.3. flying

1.3.4. China - Asian times

1.3.5. staring at the sun

1.3.6. DOUBLE SUNRISE

1.3.7. GPC TAT

1.4. cf Metroland

2. genre

2.1. FABLE

2.2. timeframe

2.2.1. elements of SF

2.2.2. TAT elements of horror

2.3. postmodernist novel

2.4. bildungsroman

2.4.1. questions vs. non-questions

2.5. novel of ideas

3. seminar papers

3.1. Jean: A Simple Woman

3.2. Postmodernist novel

3.3. Elements of SF

4. Ending

4.1. Jean Serjeant

5. introductory thoughts

5.1. quote as a source

5.2. "svet bez boga i odstupnice"

6. themes

6.1. nature of death and truth

6.1.1. facing mortality

6.1.1.1. a good death

6.1.2. nature of truth

6.2. masculinity vs. femininity

6.2.1. courage/bravery

6.2.1.1. physical

6.2.1.2. social

6.2.1.3. moral

6.2.2. male influences

6.2.2.1. Uncle Leslie

6.2.2.2. father

6.2.2.3. husband

6.2.2.3.1. first class life

6.2.2.3.2. second class life

6.2.2.4. son

6.2.2.5. Prosser

6.2.3. women's growing independence

6.2.3.1. Victorian virtues

6.2.3.2. Marie Stopes Married Love

6.2.3.3. Gertrude Stein

6.2.3.4. Leaving after 20 years

6.2.3.5. Rachel, the militant feminist

6.3. memory and history

6.3.1. Jean's memories

6.3.1.1. loss of faith

6.4. flying=travel=life

6.4.1. wonders of the world

6.4.1.1. "private" wonders

6.4.1.2. Grand Canyon Epyphany

6.4.2. Gregory's model planes=fear

6.5. overcoming the terror of death

6.6. religion/god

6.6.1. Grand Canyon

6.6.2. Gregory and GPC and TAT

6.6.3. fingers parted

6.7. "real questions"

7. synopsis

7.1. story of a woman

7.1.1. three stages

7.2. meditation