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Room with a view is a story about the love of a young English-woman named Lucy Honeychurch and
George Emerson. This love story takes place in Italy, specifically in the city
of Florence at the times of 1900’s. Lucy and her chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett,
visited Florence for the first time. Once they arrive to Florence they stay at hotel
when they meet the Emerson’s. After many situations between Lucy and George she
had to go back to England an face her reality of marrying another man named
Cecil.
The
name “A Room with a View” symbolizes the perfect image that every tourist have
when they travel to other countries. Here, we can see desire of having a view
from their room that look like a magazine cover picture. This is a similarity
that Jamaica Kincaid exposed in her essays of the differences of being an
insider and being a tourist. The fact that Lucy and Charlotte wanted a room
with a window that shows a great view, reminds us what Jamaica Kincaid was
talking about of tourists in Antigua.
In the movie when Mr. Emerson was
talking during the first scene he said one quote that explain the vision of the
locals; “I don't care what I see outside. My vision is within! Here is where
the birds sing! Here is where the sky is blue!.” Words that literally describe
the point of view of the local people have of their country. Also we can see
this in Kincaid’s essays when she describes the reality of the Antigua
residents. Other quote that support that
point of view is when the Reverend said; "We residents sometimes pity you poor
tourists not a little...handed about like a parcel of goods from Venice to
Florence, Florence to Rome, quite unconscious of anything outside Baedeker.
Their one anxiety to get done and flew and go on elsewhere else." This
quote also shows what residents think about tourists.
Other thing that I found interesting
is the fact that tourists and residents have the same perception that turns to
be what we called, stereotype. There was
a part when Mr. Emerson mentioned that; “Women like looking at a view. Men don't.” Quote
that for me result of a stereotype example. Also there was a moment after the
fight at the plaza, when Lucy said; “I mean, Italians are so kind, so lovable,
and yet at the same time, so violent.”, showing us another example of how
people tend to stereotype by one impression.
I like your explanation of the tittle of the movie and its releation with Jamica Kindcaid.
ReplyDeleteGreat explanation! The pyramid helps understand everything so much better as well. Good post.
ReplyDeleteI like the picture you posted. I also like the analysis you made on the title of the movie and how it relates to the tourist experience.
ReplyDeleteThe pyramid is an excellent picture. A tourist will always have an expected vision of what they are going to encounter and that can be related to the communication model
ReplyDeleteNice picture, I really like it. The comparison that you made about the tourist is well elaborated.
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