Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The Late Arthur Jerymn (10 pages) 2/19

This third story is entitled "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family". This is where H.P really shows that he was raised in times of racism. This story takes place in 1852 where Arthur is kidnapped by a goddesses dark skinned servants and taken away. The entire story retells the scene of how beastly these servants were. At the closure of the story is says that in 1913 Arthur Jermyn came back, but not from a plane but in a package from Africa, and inside it was a mummified white ape, with less hair then any ape before it. Showing that spending time in Africa made Arthur De-evolve into an ape like creature.

Most Memorable Line: "Members of the Royal Anthropological Institute burned the thing and threw the locker into a well, and some of them do not admit that Arthur Jermyn ever existed." (Page 10)

Style Shown: A nonfiction environment thrown into a sudden static of fantasy then slammed into a world of it's own completely different and original, almost impossible to describe.

(Exterior Notes: H.P's style changed dramatically, this time it's a goddess not a god, the main character doesn't wake up in a hospital, no curiosity just a raid of "savages". )

1 comment:

jusowells said...

Eric,
I appreciate that you are blogging for each story. You are picking up on some good themes.