where should I begin
- Where do I start? - Wherever you think it started.Suddenly, Last Summer · 1959 — 第 23 / 27 章 · 3'33" · B2
Catherine Tells the True Story, Explained：third person
Under the truth serum, Catherine begins the true account: after the Dueling Oaks she kept a diary in "the third person singular," then Sebastian took her abroad instead of his mother. In a garden at Amalfi she took his arm, and "he pulled away." After that he could not write his summer poem.
あらすじ
With the drug taking effect, Catherine narrates the past in a calm voice. She says it began after the Dueling Oaks, when she started writing her diary in the third person. Sebastian took her with him to Europe instead of his mother, then grew restless and could not write his summer poem. She remembers taking his arm at Amalfi and being rejected.
注目の表現
third personbring someone back to lifepursuedgo through
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このシーンの表現
third person
grammatical third person
Catherine explains she kept her diary in the third person, writing 'she' for herself.
The whole novel is written in the third person.
このシーンの他の表現
- bring someone back to life
restore someone's vitality
- pursued
chased after
- go through
pass through or disregard
- obedient
willing to obey
- woke up
stop sleeping
このシーンのメモ一覧
66 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
shall we do something
Let's start later than that. Why don't we begin with last summer?how about we — A friendly spoken way to suggest something.
Let's start later than that. Why don't we begin with last summer?the grammatical third-person singular
...in the third person singular, such as: "She is still living this morning."Link such and as so they sound like one word.
...in the third person singular, such as: "She is still living this morning."nobody can say
"What's next for her? God knows."nobody knows — Casual and resigned; keep it out of formal writing.
"What's next for her? God knows."be quiet, rudely — Rude and blunt; never say it to an elder.
Shut up, Mama.as if
...as though being pursued by a pack of Siberian wolves.subordinating phrase: As though introduces a comparison and is followed by a participle, not a full clause.
...as though being pursued by a pack of Siberian wolves.Link pack and of, often dropping the k sound.
...as though being pursued by a pack of Siberian wolves.passed through
Went through all the stop signs. Couldn't wait for the green signals.completely unremarkable
He was a very ordinary married man.conditional clause: The if-clause sets up an absurd premise before the main clause draws the conclusion.
Well, if you're still alive after dying, then you're obedient. I got up.take official photos
He took me down to a place where they take passport photos.relative clause: The where-clause modifies a place, naming what kind of place it is.
He took me down to a place where they take passport photos.restore someone's vitality
Catherine says her cousin helped bring her back to life, giving him all the credit.
He helped bring me back to life...throw no shadow
...where it's always noon, and we cast no shadows.drew back
It seemed like such a natural thing to do, but he pulled away.The d in pulled often drops before away.
It seemed like such a natural thing to do, but he pulled away.started to become
...suddenly, last summer, that he began to be restless and...「Catherine Tells the True Story」を読み解く
What's really going on
The third-person diary is the scene's key. Catherine's decision to write about herself as 'she' rather than 'I' is a way of surviving what happened at the Dueling Oaks: 'She is still living this morning.' She describes Sebastian taking her to Europe in his mother's place, and for a while the account sounds almost like a romance — Paris, Barcelona, Rome, the 'sunshine days where it's always noon, and we cast no shadows.' The spell breaks at Amalfi, in a garden, when she takes his arm. His recoil tells her the truth: 'It seemed like such a natural thing to do, but he pulled away.' After that he becomes restless and cannot write the summer poem, which is the film's official cause of death hiding in plain sight.
Theme
MemoryCatherine's third-person diary lets her narrate the trauma as if it happened to someone else.
SecretsHer calm account finally reveals why Sebastian could not write: what happened at Amalfi.
このチャプターで学べること
- Writing about yourself as she is a way to survive a memory.
- The European trip is told as the bright half of the story.
- A refused arm is the quiet turn of the whole summer.
- God knows keeps her from having to answer.
発音のポイント
- such as — Link such and as so they sound like one word.
- pack of — Link pack and of, often dropping the k sound.
- pulled away — The d in pulled often drops before away.
It seemed like such a natural thing to do, but he pulled away.Her attempt at a simple gesture of thanks was rejected, revealing Sebastian's true feeling about being touched.
He was a very ordinary married man.Her flat description of the man at the Dueling Oaks, reducing the encounter to something ordinary and sad.
...where it's always noon, and we cast no shadows.Her image of the 'sunshine days': a timeless, shadowless place, almost too bright and unreal.
I only did it to try and show my appreciation for his kindness.Her defense of taking his arm: she meant only gratitude, nothing more.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Catherine write her diary in the third person?
Writing about 'she' instead of 'I' lets her describe her own life as if from outside, a way of surviving what happened at the Dueling Oaks.
Who took Catherine to Europe?
Sebastian did, in his mother's place. He said she would go with him that summer instead of his mother, and they traveled to Paris, Barcelona and Rome.
What happened at Amalfi?
In a garden above the Mediterranean, Catherine took Sebastian's arm as a gesture of thanks, and he pulled away. After that he grew restless and could not write.
Why couldn't Sebastian write his summer poem?
The scene implies the failure began at Amalfi, after he recoiled from Catherine's touch: 'He couldn't write his summer poem.'
What was the Dueling Oaks?
A place in New Orleans connected to something Catherine does not want to tell. Mrs. Holly tries to stop her from speaking of it.
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