Strangeness by Chloe Reep https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc Strangeness as depicted across multiple short stories. en-us 2022-09-21 20:26:36 UTC 2026-03-13 23:27:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Gan's experience with 'strangeness' is one of love and sacrifice. cnree001 https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307803226 2022-09-22 01:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307803226 "I lay against T'Gatoi's long, velvet underside" (Butler 630) cnree001 https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307807562 Gan recognizes the strangeness of T'Gatoi. She has an 'underside' which is more akin to how one would describe an animal like a snake. Gan however also sees something luxurious in her, as shown in the word 'velvet'. It is Gan's attraction to T'Gatoi's strangeness that he is able to love her and in the end, sacrifice for her. ]]> 2022-09-22 01:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307807562 The Ice Man's 'strangeness' is a marker of loneliness. cnree001 https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307825359 2022-09-22 01:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307825359 "I knew the South Pole was going to be a lonely place, but it turned out to be lonelier than anything I could have imagined" (Murakami 796). cnree001 https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307830070 The Ice Man and his wife are shunned by the people at home. His wife becomes 'othered' because of her love for The Ice Man, and as a result his 'strangeness' becomes part of her. ]]> 2022-09-22 01:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307830070 Strangeness for Ivan is partnered by ridiculousness. cnree001 https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307843433 2022-09-22 01:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307843433 "Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all: suddenly, as if nothing was wrong, that same nose which had driven about in the rank of state councillor and made such a stir in town was back in place" (Gogol 323). cnree001 https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307846954 It is a mystery as to how the nose ended up in the bread and how it got back to the right place, and the nonsense of the story is the point. Ivan's experience with strangeness allows space for skepticism but also space for the limits of 'strangeness' to be pushed. ]]> 2022-09-22 01:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307846954 cnree001 https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307850710 Butler, Octavia "Bloodchild" The Weird edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Atlantic Books. 2011.

Murakami, Haruki. "The Ice Man" The Weird edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Atlantic Books. 2011.

Gogol, Nikolai. "The Nose" PDF Accessed via Canvas. ]]> 2022-09-22 01:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cnree001/mg7xiafswr81o4gc/wish/2307850710