coconut house

At the time of writing, I think  Mrs. Dalloway  has built up some serious potential energy on many levels through the relationships between characters. Stress and tension keeps building and building with every chapter. Woolf seems to continue to inflate a balloon with air, on track to burst at the Dalloway's party.  The Mezzanine severely lacked any form of conflict or action, which disappointed me. I mentioned in my last blog post that I looked forward to seeing Howie's analytical mind at work as he went through some struggle or strife, but it never came. Seeing now how much tension has been placed on the Dalloway's party, I'm getting excited once again. See, for example, Clarissa's interaction with the sorrowful Peter. It has plenty of drama, pity, and regret. Peter inquires of Clarissa if she is happy, the question that Clarissa herself had been pondering for a good part of the book. Before we get to hear her finally answer the question, Elizabeth enters the room...

I have a problem with Howie's interpretation of the usage of escalators. "Your role was to advance at the normal rate you climbed stairs at home, allowing the motor to supplement, not replace, your own physical efforts. Otis, Montgomery, and Westinghouse had not meant for you to falter after a step or two on their machines and finally halt, arriving at the top later than you would had you briskly mounted a fixed, unelectrified flight" (100) To explain my thinking, I'll start with this: I think it's not right to argue with someone on incorrect word usage, when the vast majority of people around you consistently use the word the same way. In the end, words are meant to serve people by communicating ideas from person to person. Therefore, if more people say "to who" than "to whom," which one serves people better? One is used more frequently than the other to communicate the same idea. By attacking someone for not colloquially using "to whom...