In this blog post, I’m basically going to discuss how in most of the books that we read in this semester, except for Their Dogs Came With Them and Gods Go Begging (though it can be argued for them), there … Continue reading
Category Archives: What You See in the Dark
For my final project, I made a tumblr (http://chicanaogothic.tumblr.com/) about the Chicano/a Gothic. My tumblr acts as a companion to our class, featuring information on five of the six books we have read, as well as work towards defining what … Continue reading
The idea of change is repeated with much regularity towards the end of the book, What You See in the Dark. The author, Manuel Munoz, outlined the numerous changes that various characters of the book were experiencing through the years … Continue reading
Photo courtesy of poetry.arizona.edu I found this link (found below at the end of this post) with an interview of Manuel Munoz. What I found quite interesting was the fact that he discusses Candy and talking about writing in … Continue reading
“In November 1957 — two years before Psycho was first published — Ed Gein was arrested in his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsinfor the murders of two women. When police searched his home, they found furniture, silverware, and even clothing made of human skin and body … Continue reading
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present in—and alternately take control of—an individual. Norman and Dan are examples of this. The end of Psycho, when Norman is … Continue reading
http://hhttp://http://www.ifc.com/fix/2011/05/peering-into-munozs-hitchcocki I found a great website comparing Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho to Manuel Munoz’s What You See in the Dark which has been a in depth dialogue in class over the past week and specifically discussing the idea of voyeurism. I particularly like the idea of … Continue reading
Several characters construct narratives about other people in this novel. In some way, it echoes the movie making process. When an actor is playing a role, they often construct a narrative to give life to the character: what motivates them, … Continue reading
In Nietzsche’s novella, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the protagonist is advised to be cautious when dealing with monsters, and that when he stares into the abyss, that abyss, too, stares back. The line has often been paraphrased to equivocate any kind … Continue reading
There are a lot of interesting similarities between the novel “What You See in the Dark” and the film Psycho. In this blog post i will compare some of the characters from the novel with some of the characters form … Continue reading