Margaret Atwood's Death By Landscape
Death by Landscape
It is often wondered what an artist was thinking or what message they are trying to convey when they create an unusual or even a masterpieces of art. Now it is also safe to say that such beauty and talent might only be in the eye of the beholder, and many will never appreciate or understand the views that others have towards an artists work. Why do some people find such depth in the simplest of paintings, such as a landscape? Many people connect to paintings or pictures because it takes them somewhere else while they look at it, and they can live in what they see even if it is only for a moment or two. This feeling alone is one that can inevitably make a piece of art so priceless.
Death by Landscape is a beautiful story. Margaret Atwood tells the story of a young girl named Lois, her childhood and …show more content…
Has this event affected her so long term? What do you make of this story and the event of death in it? What ever happened to Lucy? There are so many "whats" especially because this story has a lot of mystery to it. What do you make of Lois's life when she is older versus how she lived when she was younger?
This story illustrates the threshold between letting go, and living in the past. The fact that Lucy left Lois's life when they were younger, and whatever amount of pain Lois has endured, or confusion, she wants to let go. She is living with the mystery and consistent question in her mind of where Lucy went that day, and why. For a long time Lois must have been restless with the thought of where Lucy's body disappeared to and why no one ever found it. You sense that the question boggled her mind.
"But a dead person is a body; a body occupies space, it exists somewhere. You can see it; you put it in a box and bury it in the ground, and then it's in a box in the ground. But Lucy in not in a box, or in the ground. Because she is nowhere definite, she could be anywhere." (pg
It is often wondered what an artist was thinking or what message they are trying to convey when they create an unusual or even a masterpieces of art. Now it is also safe to say that such beauty and talent might only be in the eye of the beholder, and many will never appreciate or understand the views that others have towards an artists work. Why do some people find such depth in the simplest of paintings, such as a landscape? Many people connect to paintings or pictures because it takes them somewhere else while they look at it, and they can live in what they see even if it is only for a moment or two. This feeling alone is one that can inevitably make a piece of art so priceless.
Death by Landscape is a beautiful story. Margaret Atwood tells the story of a young girl named Lois, her childhood and …show more content…
Has this event affected her so long term? What do you make of this story and the event of death in it? What ever happened to Lucy? There are so many "whats" especially because this story has a lot of mystery to it. What do you make of Lois's life when she is older versus how she lived when she was younger?
This story illustrates the threshold between letting go, and living in the past. The fact that Lucy left Lois's life when they were younger, and whatever amount of pain Lois has endured, or confusion, she wants to let go. She is living with the mystery and consistent question in her mind of where Lucy went that day, and why. For a long time Lois must have been restless with the thought of where Lucy's body disappeared to and why no one ever found it. You sense that the question boggled her mind.
"But a dead person is a body; a body occupies space, it exists somewhere. You can see it; you put it in a box and bury it in the ground, and then it's in a box in the ground. But Lucy in not in a box, or in the ground. Because she is nowhere definite, she could be anywhere." (pg