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LARRY’S PARTY NOTES
· Shields uses her heros unusual profession both to illuminate the defining role that work can play in an individuals life and to provide her story with a controlling metaphor. ... They also become a metaphor for Shields own looping narrative, a narrative that repeatedly folds back on itself to gradually disclose more and more details about Larrys past. ...
· Larrys life unfolds before him as a series of mistakes and coincidences. ...
Ø When his date to a Halloween party wears an unappealing pirate costume, Larrys eye wanders and falls upon a cute Martian named Dorrie. ...
· " Mazes become not only Larrys passion and lifes work, but also a mirror for Carol Shieldss winding, looping narrative and the episodic structure of Larrys Party. ...
· Thats the operative metaphor for ``Larrys Party, and when it isnt feeling self-consciously clever, the maze emblemizes the greater excursions of life. Larrys own treks take him through the dark emptiness of the end of his marriage to Dorrie, and on to a respected career in maze design in Chicago and Toronto.
Approximate Word count = 1149
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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