Sloosha’s Crossing Analysis
Catherine, Brandon, Kellie
Plot:
-Zachry led the Kona to his home, where they then killed his Pa and captured his brother Adam
-Zachry recieves messages from Sonmi
-The Great Ship of the Precscients arrives with Meronym
-Meronym and Zachry go up the mountain to the observatory
-Come down, go to bartering, wake up and Kona seize most Valleysmen
-Meronym rescues Zachry
-The two receive a message from Duophysite about the plague among Prescients
-Meronym and Zachry escape the Kona
-Zachry gets on kayaks, goes to other island while Meronym stays
Writing:
-Told in oral tradition; Zachry is telling his story to young people
Civilization:
-civilization is post-apocalyptic; after “the Fall”
-not based on skin color according to Meronym, but the Valleysmen see the Prescients, who are dark-skinned, as more civilized
Question:
-Is Meronym Sonmi? Zachary seems to think so
-Birthmark–why do some characters have it while others don’t?
-reincarnation?
-Number 6?
-Are the Valleysmen fabricants?
-How did Sonmi end up as their god?
-(Swanneke from Luisa Rey Mystery appears; Meronym learns to ride horses)
-Icons (headstones)
-Valleysmen are superstitious
-Valleysmen were monotheistic; Kona were polytheistic; Valleysmen attributed this as a characeristic of being uncivilized
I know we didn’t get a chance to talk about this piece in class as much, but i was having the same questions as your group seems to have. Mainly with the birthmark; this is driving me crazy! I want to find out so badly what it all means. I havn’t yet thought of any hypothesis yet, but i do like the fact of reincarnation. This is an interesting and different way of looking at it; and hey, with this novel .. ya never know!
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