Earl King was tricky for me to read/ understand fully. But, I did understand the concepts brought up Especially with sexuality. The girl gives up her life to live with the Wild Professor. She acts as of they are a couple, like ages living out a fantasy of hers. The Professor is obviously into this for all the wrong reasons, and they don't fully see that. He only goes after younger females, and once they grow older he doesn't want them, as if its a pair of jeans you've worn too many times. I think this happens a lot in real life. Many young girls are naive and don't see when a person is using them, as well as the fact that some men today have no respect or moral boundary when it comes to women.
Earl king is related to The Area of Saturday night. Both narrators show unwanted sexual behaviors. The narrator from the Earl King prioritizes her sexuality over whats going on in her life, completely unfazed by her troubles. There is a boundary when it is overcomes a persons life. The two narrators in these stories are young men, showing obvious signs of how oblivious they are to the reality of life. The narrator in the Arms of Saturday Night is a teenager, still a kid even. The narrator in Earl King is in college. Obviously by that time a person should know the rights and wrongs of life, which they fail to bring up or even care about.
Earl king is related to The Area of Saturday night. Both narrators show unwanted sexual behaviors. The narrator from the Earl King prioritizes her sexuality over whats going on in her life, completely unfazed by her troubles. There is a boundary when it is overcomes a persons life. The two narrators in these stories are young men, showing obvious signs of how oblivious they are to the reality of life. The narrator in the Arms of Saturday Night is a teenager, still a kid even. The narrator in Earl King is in college. Obviously by that time a person should know the rights and wrongs of life, which they fail to bring up or even care about.
Great response, Sabrina. I love the line, "a pair of jeans you've worn too many times." I wonder about the the narrator of "Erl King" living out a fantasy. It's true that it seems that her attraction to the Wild Professor is his ability to transform himself into a younger man/beast. In fact, she seems to find him repulsive when she sees him in the morning as what he is, an elderly man. Why do you think this is?
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