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Suddenly, Last Summer · 1959 — 第 17 / 27 章 · 2'14" · B2

Catherine on Sebastian's Appetites, Explained：on the menu

Catherine remembers how Sebastian treated people as food: "Blonds were next on the menu," he was "famished for blonds," and he called her "little bird" as he promised northern lights. She says he never saw them.

あらすじ

In her hospital room, Catherine chats with the doctor and then begins to describe Sebastian's appetite: after tiring of 'the dark ones,' he was 'famished for blonds,' and blonds were next on the menu. He spoke of people the way a diner speaks of dishes. He called her 'little bird' and promised to fly north to see the northern lights — which, she notes, he never saw.

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famished foron the menulet yourself gofed up with

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  9. ❝ 独白A menu of people13 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

on the menu

available to be picked

Catherine sums up Sebastian's taste by saying blonds were simply the next dish he would order.

Three candidates are on the menu for the final round.

このシーンの他の表現

  • famished for

    extremely hungry for

  • let yourself go

    relax and stop holding back

  • fed up with

    tired of

  • as if

    as though

  • aurora borealis

    the northern lights

このシーンのメモ一覧

32 行のセリフに 18 件のメモ

表現 · B1(I) wonder why ...

I wonder why

Wonder why he isn't blond.
文法 · B1Wonder why he isn't

dropped subject: The opening I is dropped in speech, making the remark sound casual.

Wonder why he isn't blond.
表現 · B2eyes that + 形容词

eyes of that shade

They usually are blond, with eyes that blue.
表現 · B1on the menu

available to be picked

Catherine sums up Sebastian's taste by saying blonds were simply the next dish he would order.

Blonds were next on the menu.
表現 · C1be famished for something

extremely hungry for

Catherine describes how Sebastian hungered for blonds last summer, speaking as if reciting a list.

All last summer, Sebastian was famished for blonds.
表現 · B1be fed up with something

tired of

Catherine says Sebastian had grown tired of dark-haired people before turning to fair ones.

Fed up with the dark ones.
表現 · B1book someone somewhere

reserve a trip for someone

Think he'd already booked us to Stockholm and Copenhagen.
文法 · B1he'd already booked

past perfect: Had booked marks an action completed before another past moment.

Think he'd already booked us to Stockholm and Copenhagen.
表現 · B1as if + 从句

as though

Catherine reaches for the right comparison and pauses on as if to name how he talked about people.

That's the way he talked about people, as if they were...
文法 · B1as if they were

as if clause: As if introduces an untrue comparison, which is why the verb is were.

That's the way he talked about people, as if they were...
発音That one's

That one's runs together, close to 'that-wuns'.

That one's delicious-looking.
表現 · B1half-starved

almost starving

I think really he was half-starved...
表現 · B1live on something

survive on

...from living on pills and salads.
発音just relax

The t in just often drops, sliding straight into relax.

You just relax, now.
表現 · A2call someone something

name someone

It's what he called me sometimes.
表現 · B1the northern lights

the polar sky glow

We'll walk under those radiant, cold northern lights.
発音aurora borealis

Both words stress a later syllable: o-ROR-a bo-re-AL-is.

I've never seen the aurora borealis.
表現 · A2never + 过去式

never witnessed

He never saw those northern lights.

「Catherine on Sebastian's Appetites」を読み解く

What's really going on

Catherine's monologue is quiet and devastating because she keeps using Sebastian's own language. People are not people to him; they are 'on the menu,' either 'appetizing' or not, and blonds are just the next dish after a summer of the dark ones. Her phrase 'All last summer, Sebastian was famished for blonds' turns human beings into food, which is precisely the horror she is describing. Against this ugliness, she sets his tenderness toward her: 'We'll fly north, little bird,' he tells her, promising the aurora borealis. The cruelty of the scene is in the contrast — the same man who calls her little bird also picks out people to consume. The memory ends with loss, not romance: 'He never saw those northern lights.'

Theme

IdentityCatherine exposes how Sebastian saw people as interchangeable items on a menu rather than as persons.
Dark humorThe 'menu' and 'appetizing' language makes cannibalistic predation sound like dinner-table small talk.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Appetite language can make cruelty sound polite.
  • A menu is a quiet way to talk about choosing people.
  • The northern lights stand for a trip that never happened.
  • As if frames a comparison the speaker will not finish.

発音のポイント

  • That one's — That one's runs together, close to 'that-wuns'.
  • just relax — The t in just often drops, sliding straight into relax.
  • aurora borealis — Both words stress a later syllable: o-ROR-a bo-re-AL-is.
All last summer, Sebastian was famished for blonds.

She describes Sebastian's appetite for blond people as literal hunger, turning his desire into predation.

Blonds were next on the menu.

The line that frames people as dishes: after dark-haired ones, blonds were the next item he wanted to consume.

I've never seen the aurora borealis.

Catherine's quiet reply: she has never seen the northern lights, though he had promised to take her to them.

We'll fly north, little bird.

His tender, coaxing phrase to Catherine, calling her 'little bird' while promising to fly north with her.

このシーンについての質問

What does Catherine mean by 'next on the menu'?

She means Sebastian treated people as dishes to choose from. After tiring of 'the dark ones,' he wanted blonds, so they became the next item on his list.

What kind of man was Sebastian to Catherine?

He was both suffocatingly close and predatory: he called her 'little bird' and promised her the northern lights, yet he saw people as things to consume.

Why does Catherine mention the northern lights?

He had promised to take her north to see the aurora borealis. She notes that 'he never saw those northern lights,' foreshadowing his death on that last trip.

What happens to Sebastian after this summer?

The trip he was planning toward the north ends in his death, which Catherine alludes to when she says he never saw the northern lights he promised her.

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