Trickster
In the chapter “Amusements”, their is definitely the trickster aspect present. In class I brought up the emberassment factor. I still believe that Sadie and Victor did not want to be emberassed by Dirty Joe being passed out and being with him. It seems like the sudden decision to put him on the roller coaster was just for their entertainment. This is a “trickster” thing to do, because they simply were doing this dangerous action to get a cheap laugh.
As it turned out, this stunt pulled more of a crowd than the tricksters wanted. The laughter and thrill they got from seeing Dirty Joe on the rollercoaster suddenly died as they realized how many whites were watching. I believe this is the perfect example of a trickster, because of their lack of compassion for anything other than their own entertainment and laughter.
I like you interpretations of the whole trickster idea. I also really like how you used embarassment, I never thought of it that way. I felt to as if they got more than they wanted from the crowd and I feel it maybe taught them a lesson.
↓ Quote | Posted December 11, 2006, 9:34 am