Essay on book, an angel at my
Essay on book, an angel at myIn the autobiography we learn much about the author and her experience, as about the age and society in which she lives. Discuss this statement with the specific references to the book (Min. 750 words).
From the "down the line" to the "first ocean voyage and it's running smoothly". For someone who is not familiar with Janet Frame biography it sounds almost as a fiction, but for everyone who had read the novel it is living history, proof that there is no limit in ordinary human life.
Janet Frame's "journey" had begun on day of her arrival in a big city Dunedin. From day one she started to feel anxiety that was significant point for her future life. Being alone, afraid of the city and Training College and teaching, and yet pretending that none of these was happening, it was almost like living two different lives. With strong imagination (everyone would recognize her as a true poet - refer to page 14) the only company in her life at that stage were the poets. In reality, there was noone to talk to (refer to page 17). And yet, she could not imagine herself belonging to the relatives and friends (page 14). Moreover, there was another contradiction: Feeling isolated and at the same time learning the language, the attitudes and customs of behavior she also started to feel euphoria of belonging (page 18). So, she had to cope with those contradictions all by herself, which easily may put anyone in all kinds of trouble. Besides she did not dare to admit it (page 23).
The conditions of that time were such that she could not afford to live independently and support herself. Therefore she had to stay with her relatives and accept all consequences and pressures it brought. She in fact hated staying at home and her dissatisfaction with family was intense (page 25), but she was not aware that her life at that stage was nothing but pretense and everything but reality. Imagination became her goal and yet, she held it in her secret poetic life (page 30). This was a common case in the society in those days, but some people, like herself, could not cope with it.
Surrounded by the war, reality and her own "reality", she could possibly feel nothing but sadness and helplessness (page 31), so she turned herself into the writing. Living far...
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