tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post7696753180801093020..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Ray Bradbury: The LakeFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-30178077289742591242015-07-15T17:34:52.259-07:002015-07-15T17:34:52.259-07:00R.T.,
Yes, that's how I see it. When speaking...R.T.,<br /><br />Yes, that's how I see it. When speaking of memory, it seems to matter little whether it really happened that way, what is important is what Harold remembers and how it affects him today.<br /><br />The prognosis is not good for his marriage, I should say. I think Harold is truly haunted in the truest sense of the word.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-34499971584020239402015-07-15T14:32:05.381-07:002015-07-15T14:32:05.381-07:00Well, Bradbury's romance tale (which I call it...Well, Bradbury's romance tale (which I call it rather than calling it a short story) strikes me as being too familiar: I also spend too much of my time remembering my life as a 12-year old, and I am reminded too often that perhaps we never escape the good, bad, and ugly memories. Then I think of Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and the narrator's intrusion near the end, suggesting to readers that perhaps Brown had only dreamed of the incident in the forest; whether or not the event happened as remembered is not as important as the effects upon the one who (actually or falsely) remembers. So, Harold -- in Bradbury's romance tale -- remains entrapped in the past. I understand and identify with Harold too well.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-31953607108069596802015-07-14T23:32:35.696-07:002015-07-14T23:32:35.696-07:00R.T.,
No problem. R.T.,<br /><br />No problem. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-8056854922126509172015-07-14T19:18:35.920-07:002015-07-14T19:18:35.920-07:00Fred, I will try to read the story and respond to ...Fred, I will try to read the story and respond to you tomorrow. Now I am in the midst of a Dickens evening. Bradbury will have to wait.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com