https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2 en-us 2018-10-03 12:01:00 UTC 2025-11-06 23:43:04 UTC hello@padlet.com gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288561048 2018-10-03 12:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288561048 gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288562040 The setting of the book, the main character, Horacio Oliveira, lived in Buenos Aires]]> 2018-10-03 12:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288562040 gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288563052 A club formed with Horacio's diverse friends where they discussed literature, music, art, philosophical ideas, and listened to jazz.]]> 2018-10-03 12:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288563052 gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288563874 One of the consistent themes though out the book is Horacio's self-analysis. He feels trapped in the need to conform, and questions every thing he thinks and feels. ]]> 2018-10-03 12:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288563874 gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288565639 Another theme in this book that adds to Cortazar's rhetoric as an author is the concept that time is not linear. The book does not progress in linear standards]]> 2018-10-03 12:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288565639 gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288566555 This is where Horacio stops La Maga's hometown in Uruguay. ]]> 2018-10-03 12:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288566555 gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288567527 The Traveler meets Horacio and gets him a job with the circus.]]> 2018-10-03 12:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288567527 gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288568370 Horacio begins to confuse Talia with La Maga and sees her playing Hopscotch in the courtyard, which represents his unattainable happiness.]]> 2018-10-03 12:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288568370 gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288570170 The circus is sold in order to purchase a mental asylum, which becomes important when Horacio loses his mind]]> 2018-10-03 12:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288570170 gmorris18 https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288571060 Horacio's threats to kill himself with his decision to jump, but luckily he survives. ]]> 2018-10-03 12:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorris18/1vva6jmdwzc2/wish/288571060