Re: "a man without a cross" - interesting

Posted by Elaine on August 18, 1998 at 11:35:12:

In Reply to: posted by Petra on August 18, 1998 at 10:35:33:

: Very interesting, listening to your discussion (I never read the book, but still.)
: So, do I understand correctly that Elaine reads the word "cross" as referring to christian cross, while Gayle reads it as "cross-over" of races or "mix"?
: Petra

Petra,

My reference is more than a literal Christian cross. I interpret it as both literal (as in Gayle's "mixed-race") and symbolic
as representing the whole of Euro-American culture (maybe Anglo-American, to be more specific).

I think Cooper was typically clever with his "cross" reference. It has an obvious surface meaning, and at the same time perhaps a greater symbolic representation of the great culture clash. Hawkeye/Natty was the man in the middle ...

Elaine

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• Re: Sarah 15:35:55 8/18/98 (11)
  • Re: Gayle 15:59:54 8/18/98 (10)
    • Re: Cooper's works Sarah 18:46:29 8/18/98 (8)
      • Re: Cooper's works JC 09:44:47 8/19/98 (0)
      • Re: Cooper's works Gayle 07:49:37 8/19/98 (6)
        • Re: Cooper's works JC 09:36:55 8/19/98 (0)
        • Re: Cooper's works ann 08:26:20 8/19/98 (4)
          • Chatty Natty Sarah 12:46:04 8/19/98 (3)
            • Re: Chatty Natty Marcia 13:17:39 8/19/98 (2)
              • Re: Chatty Natty Gayle 14:24:42 8/19/98 (1)
                • Re: Chatty Natty Kathy S 17:42:21 8/19/98 (0)
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Comments:
: : Very interesting, listening to your discussion (I never read the book, but still.)
: : So, do I understand correctly that Elaine reads the word "cross" as referring to christian cross, while Gayle reads it as "cross-over" of races or "mix"?
: : Petra

: Petra,

: My reference is more than a literal Christian cross. I interpret it as both literal (as in Gayle's "mixed-race") and symbolic
: as representing the whole of Euro-American culture (maybe Anglo-American, to be more specific).

: I think Cooper was typically clever with his "cross" reference. It has an obvious surface meaning, and at the same time perhaps a greater symbolic representation of the great culture clash. Hawkeye/Natty was the man in the middle ...

: Elaine


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