Enrique+Serna

The Invisible Man The Turn of the Screw
 * 1. "At such times the slightest disturbance ... is a source of excruciating annoyance to me." || 7/12 || (E) The stranger is using very sophisticated language compared to the local people. Perhaps he's from a rich city. ||
 * 2. "there, grey and dim, was the bandaged head and huge blue lenses staring fixedly" || 7/15 || (E) The stranger appears very alien to the other people. ||
 * 3. "Why don't you finish and go?" || 8/3 || (C) I wish I had the guts to say that when somebody was wasting my time. ||
 * 4. "his manner was that of a man suffering under most unendurable provocation" || 14/2 || (Q) Why is the stranger so irritable? ||
 * 5. "a nose of cylindrical protrusion" || 29/5 || (C) I don't think I've ever seen a cylindrical nose. Is that just an English thing? Now I'll be on the lookout for cylinder noses. ||
 * 6. "An invisible man is a man of power." || 33/21 || (C) Imagine how much one invisible person could do in a day. Murder, spying, general mischief... ||
 * 7. "His mottled face was apprehensive." || 35/2 || (E) This man is beyond anxious. He's probably wishing to be an invisible man right now. ||
 * 8. "arranged them fastidiously" || 37/4 || (E) Mr. Bunting is obviously very precise. It might even be unhealthy. ||
 * 9. "It is unavoidable that at this point the narrative should break off again" || 39/1 || (C) This is the literary equivalent of padding the run time on your movie. ||
 * 10. "Give me some whiskey. I'm near dead." || 57/4 || (C) I'm no doctor but I don't think whiskey can replace medical attention. ||
 * 1. "She saw him only twice." || 6/3 || (E) The governess really liked this guy. ||
 * 2. "She never saw him again." || 6/9 || (E) She obviously really liked him. It's too bad nothing ever came of it. ||
 * 3. "knowing nothing in the world but love" || 13/4 || (E) Miles is an innocent child. He has not yet experienced pain or suffering. He's obviously had a pampered upbringing. ||
 * 4. "learned to be amused" || 14/7 || (R) Sometimes children are the best teachers. You can listen to a lecture on some complex function of atoms but only a child can make you really appreciate the simple things in life. ||
 * 5. "I had known space and air and freedom." || 14/7 || (R) The narrator is appreciating very simple aspects of life. This is one of my favorite things to do as well; it is important to remember to take in what you normally don't realize is happening. For example, the simple absence of pain is something seldom appreciated that could bring gentle happiness to a bland moment. ||
 * 6. "It was not so much yet that I was more nervous than I could bear to be as that I was remarkably afraid of becoming so." || 18/1 || (E) This is like yelling in pain //before// you get hit. We are so prepared for pain that we sometimes overdo it. The narrator here is suffering from this. ||
 * 7. "Both the children had a gentleness that kept them quite unpunishable." || 19/2 || (C) We all know that one child who is too innocent to really be punished. ||
 * 8. "Mr. Quint is dead." || 24/9 || (E) The narrator is revealed to have seen a ghost. This is a big turning point in the story. ||
 * 9. "We lived in a cloud of music and love and success and private theatricals." || 38/2 || (E) The narrator is obviously living a good life at this place. ||
 * 10. "a figure prowling for a sight" || 43/2 || (Q) The ghost wants to be seen. Why? ||