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Painting The Eye, Writer's Craft, Themes, Plot: Painting the Eye -…
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Writer's Craft
Multiple perspectives
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different levels and layers, like a painting
did Mr Wee really need help/ was in trouble with loansharks or gambling? we get no definite answer, as there are many clues to sya that he didnt and also that he did. - refer to the interactions at Mr Wee's flat
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Nomenclature
Ah Leong- neighbourhoodly, informal, familiar
Mr Wee- sense of distance and unfamilliarity, suggests his small stature
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Themes
Isolation
- He is very much alone with his friend leaving to go overseas,
there is a sense of doubt and self-absorbtion in not understanding why his friend needed to go
--> suggests that the isolation is self imposed?
- He is led out of isolation and away from his self- absorbed perspectives
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through escaping his own isolation and painting faces, he helps bring others out of thier own isolation as well
introducing his clients to one another and painting them 'he painted them both...with thier gazes joined'
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- Mr Wee's isolation is self-imposed, unlike AL.
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Social Isolation
those who live alone, and are unable to connect with others are isolated
ah leong is the main character, yet the narrative is in the third person--> there is a distance between the readers and his thoughts as well
Ah Leong's Isolation: At the start, he is in his own world and completely self absorbed despite his job requiring connection and communication.
--> this could be due to a lack of confidence about himself, his insecurity, and his inward looking gaze.
However when when he initiates the engage =ment by being invested and interested in the client's and thier lives, he is no longer isolated and begins to be a part of the community
--> importance of 2 way communication
Mr Wee's socal isolation is self imposed and he even has a physical barrier and guard aginst interaction- i.e. his many padlocks and heavy door.
--> could be protect himself and may be due to intense paranoia
-->suggests that it is up the idividual to accept connections with others
Emotional isolation
when the person is emotionally disengaged and is unable to connect. It could be caused by social isolation leaving no one to connect with
Mr wee is emotionally distanced from the readers as well due to the limited 3rd person perspective. We only ever hear bits of dialogue from him interpreted by Ah leong- we have no idea how he feels - is he aloof or is he purposefully cold and distant?
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communication
- Ah Leong's one way commuication with his insurance clients is a result of how he only cares about his side but not thiers.
He has an inability to communicate with others or attempt to listen to them
- through painting faces he begins to have 2 way communication with his clients and actiually connects with them
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Marginalisation
Marginalised due to isolation, and a lack of ability to communicate
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the misfits in society/ those with very small social circles are forgotten about and neglected by society
Ah Leong & Mr Wee: 2 different behaviours. On Mr Wee's part he has no desire to be a part of society and his isolation is of his own making, yet with AL, he doesn't know how to interact with others until his epiphany to look at and pay attention to faces.
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Links to Caveman
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individual struggles to be a aprt of the community, and be a part of society
selffishness, self lessness, and individuality
Characters
Ah Leong
- Failure as an insurance salesman
Insurance saleman is supposed to bring a sense of security and reassurance . He is supposed to
-understand each individual clients's needs,
-have an awareness of the lifetsyle of his clients
-be aware of any illnesses or circumstances that may affect or impact his client's lives
--> there is a need for him to be invested and care about his client's lives but he doesn't care
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link to themes Isolation, marginalisation and communication
- changing perspectives upon seeing the collage at the substation.
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- epiphany- he beigins to take an interest in faces, and even starts to reach out, although it is for selfish reasons- he interacts for his art
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talented in painting, likes art
- Ah Leong's anxiety when meeting with Mr Wee. His imagination runs wild making him suspect the worst
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- However, Ah Leong's newfound confidence and relationship with otehrs leads to him wanting to help out Mr Wee. He has a desire to reach out where previously he would not have
- Rejection and Humiliation -Ah Leong's confidence is shattered and he begins to feel incredibly insecure becomes really cynical
'Ah Leong left, confused and ashamed'
'Interfering, nosy, insensitive- his mind rushed to find the appropriate condemnnation..flawed character'
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- self absorbed- doesnt bother finding out about what actually happened to Mr Wee. -selffish? -uses others for his art?
- Selling the painting- changing perspectives once again
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insular and introverted, yet reachesout after epiphany. Lacks direction
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