Blog 3- The Technology of Love
(originally posted on 9/12)
I found it interesting in this part of the book that the narrator makes references to a lot of technological things, going as far as giving love a impersonal and mechanic side. It was refreshing in a way to see love pulled away from the emotions and given a synthetic appearance. I appreciated the new point-of-view, but was scared by it as well. It made me think about how we as human can detach ourselves so much from emotion that we could rely on man-made objects to fill the void left by relationships. Maybe this is what the narrator is getting at the entire time. Maybe it is saying that we do need to step away from the emotional baggage and view things for what they are. Maybe this narrator is trying to replace the “armchair” of love and replace it with an emotionless, nonspecific and highly androgynous piece of technology, much like the narrator itself.
” Is happiness always a compromise?” (Written on the Body, p.74).
This is another quote that just made me stop and think. Does happiness have to be that way? Has it always been that way and no one has ever said anything about it? I think this has to deal primarily with the narrator (who is still a great mystery to me). In the past the narrator has kind of changed their ways or done things for their lovers in order to find happiness at that moment. I also think this has to do with the narrator feeling guilty about Louise; they never did give her a chance to say what she wanted.
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