http://briancroxall.net/readwrite/2009/11/blond-post/ English 310 at Clemson University Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:45:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://briancroxall.net/readwrite/2009/11/blond-post/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Brian Croxall Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:04:12 +0000 http://briancroxall.net/readwrite/2009/11/blond-post/#comment-161 You’ve brought up an interesting question here, Colbert: who gives Trethewey this present. As an adult, she can help us see that it is a problematic gift, but as a child she doesn’t see this. But an adult has given it to her, so why didn’t he, she, or they notice the problems. I think you make a decent argument for the father. I tend to read it differently, however, and tend to see the father as being more stunned than necessarily overjoyed at the appearance of his daughter. I can see taking it either way, though. You’ve brought up an interesting question here, Colbert: who gives Trethewey this present. As an adult, she can help us see that it is a problematic gift, but as a child she doesn’t see this. But an adult has given it to her, so why didn’t he, she, or they notice the problems. I think you make a decent argument for the father. I tend to read it differently, however, and tend to see the father as being more stunned than necessarily overjoyed at the appearance of his daughter. I can see taking it either way, though.

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