Friday, November 5, 2010

No Home On The Mountain

In "The Mountain" Eli Clare has a section called Home. She says, "I will never find home on the Mountain." Why does she say this? I think by being pushed down by society we begin to wonder where is our home? And by different aspects of us, we all are pushed down the mountain. Weather it be of race, disability, sexuality, social classes, and even sexual abuse. In a way most of us if any are on that social mountain, by virtue of some social expectation we don't meet. The people on top are like the religious leaders during the time of the Greek empire and and time of Jesus in Israel. They saw themselves as above the people and look down on all others becauce they were not as holy as them. But to find out that in the eyes of Jesus the creator they did not even reach such a standard. Maybe the people on top are just as defected as we are, maybe their just hiding their own defects. This is done to keep others from finding a home or maybe they already do and they just do not know it.

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  1. "I will never find home on the Mountain."

    This is an excellent line to conduct a further analysis of. I like the way in which you connect the idea of the mountain to the history of Christianity. It seems as though the mountain functions as an apt metaphor for a variety of oppressive conditions, not just those relating to individuals with disabilities. I think you may mean the Roman Empire, though?

    Also, how might Clare's statement about never finding home on the mountain relate to his larger exploration of the relationship between at times feeling like an exile and at others having a sense of pride in one's identity?

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