tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post115180070036161614..comments2024-03-27T02:00:49.152-04:00Comments on Kate's Book Blog: Muriel Spark’s MasterpieceKate S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16897618197257393697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1151958974629869152006-07-03T16:36:00.000-04:002006-07-03T16:36:00.000-04:00I very much enjoyed being in adolescent Sandy's he...I very much enjoyed being in adolescent Sandy's head. The ease with which she slips back and forth between the fantasy world that she's adapted from the books she's reading and "the real world" is wonderfully done. I agree that it gets less comfortable seeing the world through Sandy's eyes later though. But I think it was more important for us to view things through her eyes than through those of any of the other girls. She struck me as the most perceptive of them, and I think she was also the one on whom Miss Brodie had the greatest impact. How those two things relate to one another is something that I'd like to discuss over at the MetaxuCafe forum.Kate S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16897618197257393697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1151803631784468302006-07-01T21:27:00.000-04:002006-07-01T21:27:00.000-04:00wow -- great discussion of both the history and se...wow -- great discussion of both the history and setting of the novel and its structure. I appreciate your explanation of some of the setting and the historical references, because certainly I didn't get all of it.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1151802158746134852006-07-01T21:02:00.000-04:002006-07-01T21:02:00.000-04:00I must say I wasn't entirely comfortable with Sand...I must say I wasn't entirely comfortable with Sandy's viewpoint, especially since her thoughts sort of appeared out of nowhere and eventually became dominant. Or was Spark just trying to emphasize Sandy's growing suspicion of, and eventual break with, the Brodie consciousness?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com