Sunday, October 30, 2011

Please, Please...Satan

To me, the most interesting part of "Uncle," by Winston James, is the ending. Why does he call out to Satan to save him? Perhaps it's because he dosn't want to be like his mother who "doesn't believe in fun stuff anymore." She always calls out to Jehovah and throughout the story, James mentions his slight annoyance toward her. Also, it's interesting that he is holding his penis while praying. His fascination with the penis was magnified by his brother's perverted game, no doubt. I felt like James is a victim throughout his story. He has certain desires that may or may not have been catalyzed by his brother. He knows, somehow, that these desires are bad, because they are uncommon. And yet he is completely immersed in these forbidden desires toward the male body. He's infatuated with the "uncommon" and so perhaps that is why the "un-god" is his god. I'm not sure if this is right, I'm just trying to make sense of why he said what he said at the end of the story.

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