From: Alison O'Reilly <aaoreilly_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:08:20 -0500

I love what happens in the poem *Frank Writes to Me* on p. 47. As Megan mentioned, the correspondence from Frank to Muriel has been censored, and the parts of his sentences that describe the horrors of war (for example, *Death smells like rotten fish*) are struck-through. The reader can see the words, but Muriel can only see pieces of his meaning. This builds a great deal of tension for the reader because we can see the full picture but Muriel can only see the "nice" pieces. I think this was effective both as a plot device and a visual demonstration of the kind of censorship that took place.


One of the many parts of the book I admire!

-Alison O'Reilly Poage

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Received on Thu 17 Apr 2014 02:08:53 PM CDT