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Tone Clusters: the Joyce Carol Oates discussion group archive

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Re: JCO: Female of the Species -- WATCH OUT some plots discussed.

Cyrano,
 
I hadn't had a chance to read any of those stories before I bought the collection, but you are right-----certainly a strong theme in there that the rich are cruisin' for a bruisin', as you say.  I did wonder about the end of "Hunger," which seemed a little ambiguous to me----is she going to let the young man kill her husband, or is she going to kill the young man, in order to free herself from him?  Either way, though, it certainly doesn't change your main point, the emphasis on just how horrible the rich can be.......
 
Christa