Friends from
John Updike
Born in 1932 – Died in 2009
- Friends from Philadelphia published in the New Yorker in 1954.
- Kendt blad : New Yorker. It was the first short story he published, he was only 22.
Selvbiografisk !!!
Setting:
Small town around Pennsylvania.
He writes about ordinary / middleclass people.
It is in the 1950’s – Skrevet efter krigen og folk havde ikke mange penge. Ordinary people.
It is in the real world.
Two families place: The Lutz place and the Nordholm’s place
Describes in hinted add.
POINT OG VIEW
- The boy – 3. Person narrator
Social environment:
Lutz: Car: Buick – good, new car with automatic gear. Buy a read Chateau Mouton – Rothschild 1937 to Nordholm – for showing his money.
Father: Businessman – upper – middle class
Nouveaux riches (Ny rige)
Nordholms: (John) It is an academic family. Low social class. Father: is a teacher. Mother…. Car: Plymouth – old car.
Atmosphere:
Ackword, embarrasing, Sexual undertones (thigh)
Stemningen er anspændt. Pinlig stemning, han holder øje med hende.
Characters:
Main character / Protagonist (helt) – John
John:
‘He is about 14 – 15 years old
John is a tall, handsome, shy, innocent and puritan boy who is attracted to the other sex, but also repulsion. He is puritan, moral because he sees Thelma’s legs.
He is in a split between his purity and physical, morals and sexually. Split between Lutz family and the thing he sees at home. It is a fight for him.
He is from the Nordholm family
He is our eyes – han er jeg fortæller
He is in love with Thelma
Thelma:
She is fun, smart girl
She’s language is more simple
Fun loving,
Opposite of John
Looking after contact, she touch John when she can
Nordholm family:
No TV old car – form the middle class. His parents went to the collage.
Complex and serious people – Nordholm.
Lutz:
Watching TV,
Mrs. L smokes – and he is a businessman. Very helpful.
The have a new car. No collage – non-academic
Born in 1932 – Died in 2009
- Friends from Philadelphia published in the New Yorker in 1954.
- Kendt blad : New Yorker. It was the first short story he published, he was only 22.
Selvbiografisk !!!
Setting:
Small town around Pennsylvania.
He writes about ordinary / middleclass people.
It is in the 1950’s – Skrevet efter krigen og folk havde ikke mange penge. Ordinary people.
It is in the real world.
Two families place: The Lutz place and the Nordholm’s place
Describes in hinted add.
POINT OG VIEW
- The boy – 3. Person narrator
Social environment:
Lutz: Car: Buick – good, new car with automatic gear. Buy a read Chateau Mouton – Rothschild 1937 to Nordholm – for showing his money.
Father: Businessman – upper – middle class
Nouveaux riches (Ny rige)
Nordholms: (John) It is an academic family. Low social class. Father: is a teacher. Mother…. Car: Plymouth – old car.
Atmosphere:
Ackword, embarrasing, Sexual undertones (thigh)
Stemningen er anspændt. Pinlig stemning, han holder øje med hende.
Characters:
Main character / Protagonist (helt) – John
John:
‘He is about 14 – 15 years old
John is a tall, handsome, shy, innocent and puritan boy who is attracted to the other sex, but also repulsion. He is puritan, moral because he sees Thelma’s legs.
He is in a split between his purity and physical, morals and sexually. Split between Lutz family and the thing he sees at home. It is a fight for him.
He is from the Nordholm family
He is our eyes – han er jeg fortæller
He is in love with Thelma
Thelma:
She is fun, smart girl
She’s language is more simple
Fun loving,
Opposite of John
Looking after contact, she touch John when she can
Nordholm family:
No TV old car – form the middle class. His parents went to the collage.
Complex and serious people – Nordholm.
Lutz:
Watching TV,
Mrs. L smokes – and he is a businessman. Very helpful.
The have a new car. No collage – non-academic