How come blurs into one word, with a light vowel in come.
I do not have a TV, no. How come?The End of the Tour · 2015 — 第 5 / 17 章 · 5'02" · B2
Wallace on Why He Isn't Married, Explained：comes with the territory
Over coffee at his Illinois home, Wallace and Lipsky trade questions about TV, dating, and children, until the talk turns blunt: why isn't either of them married? Wallace says he is 'hard to be around,' calls writing a kind of self-consciousness, and admits, 'I'd really wished that I was married the past couple weeks.'
あらすじ
Lipsky interviews Wallace at his home in Illinois. They talk about not owning a TV, past relationships, and wanting children, then each is asked why he isn't married. Wallace says he is hard to be around and that a writer's self-consciousness comes with the territory. The mood breaks when Lipsky asks about the Alanis Morissette poster on the wall.
注目の表現
how comeout of practicetake pride inown agenda
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このシーンの表現
comes with the territory
is a natural part of it
Wallace calls the writer's self-consciousness part of the job, as if it were land that came with the deal.
A little stress comes with the territory.
このシーンの他の表現
- how come
why (casual)
- out of practice
rusty from not doing it
- take pride in
be proud of
- own agenda
one's own motives
- hard to be around
difficult to be near
このシーンのメモ一覧
92 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
constantly
Ah. I don't even know if I would watch it all the time, but it would be on all the time.be drawn in
in the corner, I'd occasionally get sucked into.Did you often reduces to didja in fast speech.
Did you guys stay together? It was complicated.end a relationship
Well, I was seeing this woman, and she moved to LA, so we theoretically broke up.have sex — Vulgar slang; keep it out of polite talk.
Yes, you don't get laid, but you don't have that feeling...purely non-romantic
strictly platonic relationship with the dogs.be certain to
I'll make sure to highlight that in the article, sure.anxious about
It sounds like you're worried about having children.make fun of
It's fine for us to joke about getting laid on tour and stuff, but that's... that's about it.the writing business
Your friends who aren't in the writing biz are just...business — Casual shorthand; fine among friends.
Your friends who aren't in the writing biz are just...differ from
Certainly a set of interests that diverge from mine.build a life together
So, yeah, it would be nice to have somebody that you shared a life with...extraposed infinitive: It stands for the real subject, to cast that role, so the sentence can stay light.
I just think it's hard to cast that role, you know, to fill it when you know it's gonna be like 30 to 40 years.concessive clause: The whatever clause concedes any mood, and the main point still holds.
To find someone who, whatever mental landscape you're in, they're gonna be in it too.relative clause: The who clause defines the kind of person he is looking for.
You have to find someone who will fit any landscape you can imagine.want solitude
When I want to be alone, like, to write, I really do want to be alone.Want to contracts to wanna, so the two words become one.
When I want to be alone, like, to write, I really do want to be alone.commit yourself to
I think if you dedicate yourself to anything,eventually do
And you end up using people...make someone leave
and then sending them away.freezing you up — A vivid informal word for being frozen by a feeling.
Then there's also a toxic, paralyzing, "raped by psychic bedouins" kind of self-consciousness. Right.resemble
because they don't look like anybody that you know.「Wallace on Why He Isn't Married」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is where the interview stops being an interview. Wallace and Lipsky trade the ordinary facts of single life — no TV, no dating, maybe kids — and then comes the blunt question: 'Why aren't you married, at 30?' The question is aimed outward, but Wallace answers it about himself: 'I know that I'm hard to be around.' He explains that dedicating yourself to writing makes you self-conscious and makes you use people, then defends it as the price of the job. The poster digression is a relief, but it also shows how quickly he redirects any question that gets too close. What looks like small talk is really two guarded men testing how much they can admit.
Theme
LonelinessWallace admits he needs to be alone to write and says he wished he had someone to call at night.
IdentityHe defines himself by the writing life, saying the self-consciousness it brings 'comes with the territory.'
このチャプターで学べること
- Marriage here is a role too hard to cast for forty years.
- Both men dodge and then answer the same private question.
- Wallace admits his need to be alone makes him difficult company.
- The poster turns a personal talk into a lesson about beauty.
発音のポイント
- How come — How come blurs into one word, with a light vowel in come.
- Did you — Did you often reduces to didja in fast speech.
- want to — Want to contracts to wanna, so the two words become one.
I just think it's hard to cast that role, you know, to fill it when you know it's gonna be like 30 to 40 years.Wallace's answer about marriage: choosing a partner is hard when you picture living with that choice for decades.
It's okay to take pride in the work, but I think it's bad to want the glory to reflect back on you.His rule for writers: be proud of the work itself, but don't chase the fame it brings.
You have to find someone who will fit any landscape you can imagine.What marriage asks of you, in his view: a partner who can follow you through every mood and change.
I'd really wished that I was married the past couple weeks.A rare admission of loneliness on the road: he wanted a spouse to share the tour with.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Wallace say he is hard to be around?
He explains that when he wants to write, he truly wants to be alone, and that dedication makes a person self-conscious and inclined to use people — wanting them near, then sending them away.
What does Wallace mean by 'comes with the territory'?
He means that the self-conscious side of being a writer is an unavoidable cost of the job, not a personal flaw he can simply remove.
Why won't Wallace say anything more about having children?
Lipsky suggests he sounds worried, and Wallace answers, 'I don't know that I want to say anything more about that.' He sets the boundary himself rather than let the interview push further.
Why does Lipsky ask about the Alanis Morissette poster?
He needs a lighter subject after the tense talk about marriage and self-consciousness, and the poster is the one personal object in an otherwise bare room.
Do Wallace and Lipsky agree about marriage in this scene?
Not really. Each turns the question back on the other with 'You first,' and both admit they don't have a clear answer, leaving the subject open.
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