Intently Enraged

I’m someone who is not quick to anger and often slow to speak. Tom Rachmans novel The Imperfectionists though has infuriated me. In a day and age where woman are still trying to gain rights and are still making advances Rachmans complete dehumanization of them is sickening and infuriating at its most admirable moments. Rachman does this complete dehumanization most evidently with Abby Pinnoa, chief financial officer, or as her colleges call her Accounts Payable. When describing Abby getting out of a airplane row he states “She sucks in her tummy and squeezes out into the aisle”(234). Rachmans use of diction in the use of tummy indirectly characterizes Abby as childish. This word alone side with the word “squeezes” also indirectly characters her as over weight. The diction over all seems to come of as offensive and overly critical. The phrase only gains in offense when Rachman describes her plain partner Dave as “That twang and aw-shucks about him- it’s sort of exotic”(233). Rachmans use of diction in the use of the words “twang” and “aw-shucks” indirectly characterizes Dave as a down home country boy evoking the pathos of affection and admiration. These two phrases are not even placed a page apart. The placement causes a juxtaposition of the two people and the rag tag image of Abby falls short of Dave’s eloquent and impressive résumé. Rachmans image of this woman began to anger me at the begining and towards the end of his chapter just enraged me. In the process of my rage I discovered that Rachman has described ever woman as ether completely vulnerable Hardy, Abby, and Kathleen, or appears a complete and total jerk, Elzburger, Hermns wife, Zeina, Eileen, and Annika. Or the woman appears a complete lunatic as the case with Ruby and Ornella. Rachmans description of woman in ever chapter never lacks a discriminatory or down turned eye toward woman. As I read Abbys story it hit me as if a truck had come from the street with out me looking, Rachman seems to despise woman and can only describe them in hatred and a better then though light. As a woman the view Rachman has of woman infuriates me, and causes me to question him a little. Witch in its self appears slightly ingenious because Rachmans point of his book seems to want to make journalist more human and ask readers of news papers what they are reading? In causing me to question him Richman will later cause me to question other writers credibility and god like status. So maybe Rachman enraged me and causes a slight amount of hatred toward him, but the rage when put in perspective actually accomplishes Richmans goal. In all honesty that’s what makes a brilliant writer.

You Intrigu Me, Would You Like To Meet?

In Tom Rachmans novel the imperfectinist one character stand out to me not only as notable but some one who if I had the opportunity to meat I would. Kathleen or as her ex lover calls her, Kath. I finder intriguing in the regard that she seems to stand completely dominate until one digs deeper. Kathleen states about her husband “’ He feeds me grapes most evenings”(110) Although only meant as a joke Rachman uses this point to indirectly characters Kathleen as some one who emerges as independent and dominant. Her dominance in the situation would not be asserted with out another human being but looking into the action of feeding someone grapes it can only be view as doming and used as an allusion insisting on the person only being of servitude states. The fact that Kathleen uses this demining diction in reference to her husband assorts how she purses dominance and will obtain it in what ever means possible. When talking to her ex though about there former sexual relationship Kathleen “says uncomfortable”(115). Rachmans use of the diction to directly characterizes Kathleen as uncomfortable when being critiqued by her ex lead to in the direct characterization of her being sensitive this leads to the indirect characterization of her as some one dependent on other views of her self. If Kathleen was not dependent upon these views she would not become uncomfortable with Dario’s critics of her instead though She becomes unconformable and defensive. This actions seems to juxtapose it self agents the Kathleen described only a few pages early. The Kathleen though is the same person and Rachman uses this awkward seemingly two faced lady to assort that although humans always strive for independence never can fully reach it, as Kathleen the dominating dependent proves. This internal battle of balance for her own longing for dominance and need to be dependent forces me to wonder how she can easily live in the ever fighting battle. I do believe though that Kathleen would be someone that would be able to answer the difficult question that the struggle ensues. I suppose this complicated internal struggle intrigues me and draws me in to wish to meat this woman only to discus how dominance and submission embody themselves in the same body.

Just throwing it out there but this was posted from Ireland.

Never Pressing Repeat

In Tom Richman’s noval The Imperfectionists. A novel published in 2011 a time in witch each day something changes, whether it be the marriage laws in a state or even how many solders are in a foreign country, life costly changes. Richman exemplifies the ever-changing world during an interview with Gerda Erzberger. Erzberger relays a quote “’No man steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man’”(37) In the one short ferias Rachman describes how I want to live. His use of imagery and drawing a parallel between nature and man can only be perceived as brilliant. All humans know nature changes, humans see it. Leaves changed color, wind changes direction, the human body completely regenerates its self every fourteen years, and temperature drops and rises as it pleases, nature changes. By including this parallel Richman proves life changes and with it people, he exemplifies this farther with the death of, the many character of the chapter, Author Gopal daughter, a change. Its strange to think I want to live my life according to change. With change comes knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and the ability to not make the same mistake. Humans try to stay stagnate and resist change, I want my life though to embrace change, so I may grow, in understanding in knowledge and also in the ability to not make the same mistakes. I never want to walk in the same river twice or ever-hit repeat. What will I ever learn if I just keep living the same life?