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Estudio3gt Estudio3gt estudio3gt — so good. haven't been able to find a book to live up to this one yet...

Jasmin Lechner _asmin_echner — Enjoyable

Zhenfeng Quan onewind — There seems to be a debate within other reviews that I've read of this book over different interpretations of the same thing. The more I read other people's opinions, the more it strikes me how there is such a difference between reading a book for its plot and reading it for a commentary on thematic devices that strike an opinion greater than the the superficial heppenings of the story. Rabbit Run appears to be one of those books that lose a lot of reasers in the simple story - most of the characters are unlikeable and there's little that's fantastical and ethereal in the story alone. However, what I believe John Updike is doing with this book is addressing the unique circumstance of the 50s American dream. This particular zone of interest heralds a population of men and women who fought so hard for their security and the general consensus throughout society was that the solid things in life were the most desirable (in the form of marriage, family, career, etc.). What Updike has done, along with many other authors of the time, is to focus on the downside to this apparently water-tight dream of security. Rabbit is a character experiencing a fairly banal chrisis of self identity and purpose - as a character in a book, he's not all that likeable and has a level of narcissistic turmoil that sits higher than acceptable. However there is a service done to Rabbit by the author as his own position in the world is fleshed out by those around him. Throughout the tale the perspective shifts to the others and Updike gives you a detailed glimpse at their own selfish and conflicted paths. This use of multiple perspectives offers up an amount of sympathy for Rabbit, despite his behaviour. At times there are profound comments on parts of humanity in general that suggest the themes go deeper than those of the plot alone. One of my favourites is when we learn about Ruth and her revelations on men: "The thing was, they wanted to be admired there. They really did want that. They weren't that ugly but they thought they were. That was the thing that surprised her in high school how ashamed they were really, how grateful they were if you just touched them there and how quick word got around that you would. What did they think, they were monsters?" This sort of sympathy for men's insecurities is rarely seen in stories of the time when if was supposed to be the dominance of man. Indeed, the idea of men seeing themselves as monsters and trying to prove to everyone else that they can live up to the standards set for them is one of the key points that this book illustrates. It's not only confined to men, as the women in the story are given the same sympathy and criticism throughout. While Rabbit Run could be read as a tale about selfish and indulgent characters who behave terribly and are not easily liked, it delivers so much more and relects many of the ways that society creates the fools we vindicate. Deviance is attacked to this day and these personal dramas that exist between us all prevail with growing force. If nothing else, this book sheds a little light on the other and allows us further understanding for a few facets of life that are often clouded with assumption and hope.

Nick Stompanato _lui_esignes — This sounds like a lot more work than I thought it would be...