Sunday, December 9, 2007
Harley is truely "The Man of Feeling"
I can definitely see why Mackenzie titled this novel "The Man of Feeling." Harley is so open with his emotions. He is such a sensitive character and what is so surprising about this is the fact that men are usually not so sensitive. In fact, most of them do not like showing their emotions. Harley is completly different in this aspect. I especially liked the passage on pages 25-27, when Harley was deeply saddened by the young woman's story of losing her true love, Billy. He weeped with the sorrow woman as he looked at her grusome face and listened with great concern to her deeply touching story. Harley is not afraid to shed his tears. Even after the woman left Harley with the ring and ran away, he burst into tears. I have never heard of such a sensitive, caring and emotional man. I give him a lot of credit for being so open and understanding to other's hardships and miseries.
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Harley is a man of excess feeling in my opinion. The weeping detracts from the very real response that Mackenzie is trying to elict from his readers. While I did appreciate Mackenzie's aim at showing us a humanistic emotional response to what Harley sees in his travels, his weeping (and that of others) drowned my response. After a while, it was just too much. I giggled while reading the "Index to Tears" and have to admit that this is what will probably stay with me. One thing that did strike me, though, is that Harley dies! Wow, I don't know if the first time this happens in a novel, but I was surprised by the ending.
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