Monday, December 7, 2009

Summarizer #8: Malory

The last section that we read was quite interesting. Vincent went to the all guy's retreat at a cabin in the woods. She discusses their activities and discussion they have while on this retreat. She also becomes very vulnerable in this section when she asks another member to cut her during the spirit dance. To her disappointment at the spirit dance they are only given plastic tools and nothing is real. After her experiences as Ned she checks herself into a mental institution in order to rid herself of Ned. When she "recovers" she summarizes her year and a half as Ned to say "It was hard being a guy," and she discusses many of the main ideas she brought up in the book.

This last section was not very well written and maybe that was because of the whole "she had a breakdown" thing. The author exposes herself and becomes very vulnerable in the end of the book. In this section she doesn't leave much implied as she discusses everything about her and her reactions in the end to her experience as Ned.

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