After reading the responses to my assigned blog, and the other explications of "Missing" I really got to thinking about how and why I interpreted the dragon mask portion of the story. At first when I read it, much like others, I had a difficult time getting past the feelings of isolation and abandonment. These have been reoccurring themes throughout all of our readings and to some extend were expected in this read as well. The love the character had for his daughter was different to me though. In the end of the story when he states that his daughter brings everything together I was left with a bit of a sense of hope and even a little fulfillment. When I read the story for the second time the dragon mask and his daughter with her Anglican features disappearing beneath stuck out like a sore thumb. When he described all of this I found the hope that I had been looking for in the story. I really did not want to walk away from it with a negative feeling and I didn't have to, because the author laid it out on a silver platter for me in that section of the text.
After reading and interpreting it I am left with the comfort in knowing that life truly is about who you are inside and the people you surround yourself with. Our past is always going to be there but it is part of why we are who we are to day and why we are where we are today.
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In film classes we are taught to break the film down before it has ended and to separate your emotions from the film itself. In doing so, we are able to analyze the film and separate our emotions while not being controlled by the film. We are also taught that a story will never leave the viewer upset, it is extremely rare that an audience will leave the film unsatisfied and seeking more. It was interesting to read you longing for hope and the need to be satisfied in the story. I can not remember the last time that I finished a book or film that left me unsatisfied and asking for more. Can you think of one?
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