lunes, 25 de agosto de 2008

Harrison and the Ballerina

What is the meaning of Harrison's and the ballerina's flight-like dance and kissing? What is meant by the statement, "not only were the laws of the land abandoned, but the law of gravity and the laws of motion as well" (12)?

10 comentarios:

Hanggi Lee dijo...

I thought it was a magical moment how everything froze and everyone was in the air, as in a dream. The statement, "not only were the laws of the land abandoned, but the law of gravity and the laws of motion as well" is a way to express how free they felt. Have you ever heard of the statement, "I felt so good I felt I could fly" or something related to that? It is the same idea. They felt so liberated and free from the rules they flew. But, in this case the author actually thought of it physically.

Ryan dijo...

I thought that it was a random event that had nothing to do with the story but i guess thats my opinion...

It was kind of cool how the author described it though and I do agree with you hanggi. It is the same idea.

MaRy M. dijo...

WHat is interesting in this part is that not only did they break the laws of their own culture and the world then, but they also broke the laws of our world, the laws of gravity with all the power and will that they had to breakthrough and show the world what humans could actually do.
I also agree with hanggi when she says that the picture and the moment is magical and almost like a dream, because that is how I imagined it in my head, with them floating into the air and sparkles of light glowing around them, just because of how beautiful it could be.

Anónimo dijo...

Well in my opinion, this was a moment of passion between does two. They just felt free atleast for onces. They also seemed to love how it felt to be how god created them, and how their special abilities felt like :) In that momment they were able to enjoy life. They were able to enjoy and feel how love is like, and what a human being could really be, instead of a "normal" person.

-♫ P@u/▲ F. ♫-

hadar dijo...

I agree with Hanggi that is was an "magical moment" and it could exist just in their imagination because these actions are known to be a crime in an equal society. These actions are a crime because there is no freedom of expressions in an equal society.

faaBy dijo...

As Hanggi said, it was a magical moment, which somehow symbolized freedom.

hani dijo...

I agree with Hanggi saying that it was a magical moment. But I also think that Harrison and the Ballerina are trying to show something else. Its like when he does that, he is trying to say to the people that are watching that they can be free too. Well, at least he tried because it did not seem to have effect on George and Hazel. But he did show that it can be done.

Sergio dijo...

I agree with Hanggi a bit about how it was "magical" although I wouldn't put it in those words. They broke away from the laws of the land by taking off their handicaps and forgot about everything else but their dance. The universal law(s) that were supposedly broken would have been gravity.

Harrison and the ballerina kind of showed what freedom or liberty of expression meant. Although they paid with their life, they died "free".

Won Park dijo...

The meaning of Harrison's and the bellerina's flight-like dance and kissing meant that they wanted more freedom and liberty for the other people that had handicaps. So, they wanted to free the other people who had the handicaps. "Not only were the laws of the land abandoned, but the law of gravity and the laws of motion as well" means that the laws were broken by the people that had handicaps and started dancing as Sergio had said.

Kevin dijo...

I agree with Sergio about not calling it magical but something more absolute. The fact that they both took off their handicaps showed people who weren't equal could still love. The abandoning the laws of gravity was a symbolic showing of how free they are and how handicapped and tightly locked away they were.