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    This document discusses themes of power, isolation, and revenge within the context of a story. It explores how power can lead to isolation and how ignoring loss can destroy purpose. It also notes the transformative nature of isolation and the destructive nature of revenge. The document highlights some ironies, such as a character claiming not to do something for the money when that is untrue, and a character saying he wants to give back to the community but is actually seeking revenge. It provides context about the main character shoveling snow, preparing for a play, and dealing with unrest over roles and restrictions within the play.

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    This document discusses themes of power, isolation, and revenge within the context of a story. It explores how power can lead to isolation and how ignoring loss can destroy purpose. It also notes the transformative nature of isolation and the destructive nature of revenge. The document highlights some ironies, such as a character claiming not to do something for the money when that is untrue, and a character saying he wants to give back to the community but is actually seeking revenge. It provides context about the main character shoveling snow, preparing for a play, and dealing with unrest over roles and restrictions within the play.

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    Hagseed Chapters

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    Noa Milou Petermann
    This document discusses themes of power, isolation, and revenge within the context of a story. It explores how power can lead to isolation and how ignoring loss can destroy purpose. It also notes the transformative nature of isolation and the destructive nature of revenge. The document highlights some ironies, such as a character claiming not to do something for the money when that is untrue, and a character saying he wants to give back to the community but is actually seeking revenge. It provides context about the main character shoveling snow, preparing for a play, and dealing with unrest over roles and restrictions within the play.

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    power of information: news-internet-computer

    -dis/honesty
    -power of past
    -revenge
    -social power: imagination p62 "constrains her"
    -madness
    -isolation (shanty-self isolation), changes his name (also with dishonesty)
    -parental love/power with miranda

    conjoining them into themes:


    - power transforms into isolation=transformative nature of isolation
    -the effect of loss and its contribution to development- powerful loss when ignored can be
    destroyed?
    -destructive revenge emptiers life of purpose

    What ironies do we find?


    p.61"Im not going it for the money...I never did...miranda nods because she knows that to be
    true:noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money..."
    - obsessiveness over getting revenge-stalking Tony over the years
    p.49- his cover letter, why he's going to get back to the community (is he giving back to the
    community? no, but revenge he will-give them back what they deserve"
    "but felt the need to give back to the community, since he had been given so much in life
    himself."

    Chapters

    10
    Shoveling the snow off his car, Felix feels his advancing age. However, eventually he gets it
    going and drives out of the driveway, feeling more prepared than he has all morning.Age is
    another transformation that Felix hopes to forestall; he meets with estelle she tells him his
    play is great. His grief keeps him sane so he doesnt start a thing with her. She tells him Tony
    is coming, it is his time for revenge. Nobody likes the idea of the tempest play.

    11
    which smells like “unloved food eaten in boredom,” “dejection,” and “motherless years.” The
    atmosphere of the prison is like an “enchantment,” one that only Felix is able to lift. He is
    feinds with the guards, they don't think of him as a smuggler, they also don't like the tempest.

    12
    He doesn't interact with priester or teachers in the common space they believe he is a bad
    influence. In the classrooms where Felix conducts his classes, there are no video
    cameras—he’s insisted that the actors must feel secure and not spied upon. He’s never had
    any serious problems with discipline, and never used his pager.

    13
    He gives everybody their roles but none of them are really happy about them or the play

    14
    The prisoners are allowed to say the bad words and shit is not allowed, he announces a
    spelling quiz

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