{"id":30,"date":"2023-03-13T20:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T03:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/?p=30"},"modified":"2023-03-13T20:48:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T03:48:13","slug":"week-nine-the-hour-of-the-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/2023\/03\/13\/week-nine-the-hour-of-the-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Week nine- The Hour of the Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I read \u201cthe Hour of the Star\u201d by Clarice Lispector. This was an interesting read to say the least however I actually quite enjoyed the story and its unique writing style. I was excited to read this story because I saw it recommended in a video once, however, I was not prepared for the double story about \u201cthe girl from the North-East\u201d and the narrator as it was only really explained to be a story about poverty. I will admit there were times (especially at the beginning) at which I was pretty confused and frustrated with the writing, wanting the narrator to get on with telling the story about Macabea, however, I kept reading as I found the approach interesting and started to become invested in both the girl and the narrator\u2019s story. I felt as though the narrator\u2019s input made the story seem as though we were reading the thoughts of the reader in a way, as we tend to put a reflection of our own lives or opinions of others into every story we read. This can be even further reflected in our daily lives, looking at how we may judge a person much by how they present themselves on the outside, much like how the narrator started the story only by describing the outer appearance and traits of the girl (e.g. \u201cNo one paid any attention to her on the street, for she was as appetizing as cold coffee\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n

One theme that I found very interesting in this story was the theme of poverty. More specifically, I found it really important how they made the distinction between the narrator (Rodrigo) and Macabea. While Rodrigo is shown coming from a place of higher privilege, it is very clear that Macabea does not have much nor does she know about many things as \u201cnot knowing became an important factor of her life\u201d. Despite this, Macabea seems to be content and happy with the little things, or the things that many others would take for granted. For example, commercials on the radio or television may be something that we don\u2019t look forward to seeing (unless it\u2019s the Super Bowl) and probably wouldn\u2019t think twice about skipping. However Macabea \u201cadored commercials\u201d as it was a way to learn new things. There are multiple examples of this within the story, as it shows how Macabea is not needing or want anything to \u201cendow her in a state of grace.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This idea of poverty and social classes in the story leads me to my discussion question for this week: How do we see the different social classes represented in this story? What details seem to be associated with one\u2019s socioeconomic status? What scenes in the story do you think best illuminate the theme of poverty\/the differentiation between Macabea\u2019s social class and Rodrigo’s?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I read \u201cthe Hour of the Star\u201d by Clarice Lispector. This was an interesting read to say the least however I actually quite enjoyed the story and its unique writing style. I was excited to read this story because I saw it recommended in a video once, however, I was not prepared for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94962,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7,28],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lispector","tag-perspective","tag-poverty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94962"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312discussion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}