Momentum and the Ocean

Hi guys! Sorry I couldn't make it to class today, I'm still on recovery mode from strep throat and, although I'm on antibiotics, I don't really want to get anyone sick. I also felt horrible, but that's besides the point. But never fear, you'll see my lovely face once more on Thursday.

That being said, I wish I had been in class today so I could have had a chance to discuss this crazy book we're reading. For my post, I'd like to briefly discuss the character of Jinny in relation to the novel's title, The Waves.

Jinny describes herself best when she states, "...I leap like one of those flames that run between the cracks of the earth; I move, I dance; I never cease to move and to dance" (28-29). Throughout the reading, Jinny's character is affirmed as one who incessantly moves and flows, like waves. This description is affirmed in several of her soliloquies in one she pirouettes into the room, and in another she simply longs to be free: "But I shall not let myself be attached to one person only. I do not want to be fixed, to be pinioned" (39). Jinny's character seems to be one of movement and of ever-present desire to be in action. Similarly, waves are tied to the gravitational pull of the moon and also must be in constant motion. It may be too far of a stretch to make this sort of assumption so early on in the text, but I couldn't help noticing all of the motion mentioned in Jinny's speeches and try to relate it to the title of the book. But I'm also still trying to wrap my head around what's the heck is going on in the first place.