Sandpiper

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Mind Map on Sandpiper, created by kitty.kat.k on 20/04/2014.
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Mind Map by kitty.kat.k, updated more than 1 year ago
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Sandpiper
  1. Opening
    1. 'I used to see patterns in their drift'
      1. Adapted to new life
        1. No longer a sense of meaning
      2. 'to change its course because of me'
        1. Fit in, without distruption
          1. 'there never was much room'
            1. Foreshadows passivity and isolation
        2. 'And then the stretch of beach. And then the sea.'
          1. Gradual contraction
            1. Dreary, monotonous
            2. Repetition
              1. Emphasises never ending
            3. 'white'
              1. Intense heat
                1. Lack of vibrance
                  1. Exists in state of nothingness
              2. In the house
                1. 'arrange the flowers'
                  1. Superficial
                    1. Made redundant
                      1. With Lucy aswell
                      2. Juxtaposes West
                      3. 'My bed is made.'
                        1. Short, hopelessness
                          1. Cannot escape-Lucy
                          2. Physically separated
                          3. The Past
                            1. 'used to'
                              1. Reminiscing
                                1. Form of ecapism
                                  1. Unhappiness
                                2. Naive
                                  1. 'young couple in a glitzy commercial'
                                    1. Idealised, glossy
                                      1. Not permanent
                                      2. 'a colossus bestriding the waves'
                                        1. Larger than life, admiration
                                    2. The Persona
                                      1. 'I would sit inside one of these curves... and wait'
                                        1. Lack of purpose
                                        2. 'subtle as the shadow of a passing cloud'
                                          1. Beach mirrors withdrawal of husband
                                          2. 'no longer a serrating thought, but familiar'
                                            1. Frequency of regret
                                              1. Wearing her down
                                                1. Permanent state of mourning
                                            2. Lucy. My treasure, my trap'
                                              1. Opportunity to escape has passed
                                                1. Affect Lucy too much
                                                2. Sacrificing nature is admirable
                                                  1. Unconditional love
                                                  2. Fustration
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