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-From jfrye Tue Jan 17 09:23:23 -0500 2006 From: jfrye Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:23:23 -0500 Subject: Perec pp1-45 Message-ID: <20060117092323-0500@www.as.wvu.edu:8000> 
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- From tjeddy Tue Jan 17 15:15:38 -0500 2006 From: tjeddy Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:15:38 -0500 Subject: a short response Message-ID: <20060117151538-0500@www.as.wvu.edu:8000> I algree with you but I get the feeling that he is missing some part of his memory is why he is so intent about writing everything down. I really never thought about how something is written at some time but I like you think Perec he has an unhealthy need to write everything down. From tjeddy Tue Jan 17 15:18:20 -0500 2006
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- From: tjeddy Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:18:20 -0500 Subject: short response #3 Message-ID: <20060117151820-0500@www.as.wvu.edu:8000> I think Perec is trying to show how much we depend on the objects we possess both physically and emotionally. The things we collect, own, and want tell others who we think we are or who we want to be. When was the last time you gave any thought to where you live and why? 
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-From tinastinson Tue Jan 17 15:21:57 -0500 2006 From: tinastinson Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:21:57 -0500 Subject: My Quick Response :-) Message-ID: <20060117152157-0500@www.as.wvu.edu:8000> In-Reply-To: <20060117092323-0500@www.as.wvu.edu:8000> I never thought of it that way. It is a valid point and it makes sense. In my mind Perec went from the page to the bed because they were so similar. A page has a header and footer, whereas a bed has a headboard and a footboard. A page has magins while the bed has a similar space that is unused around the edge. Both are shaped similary and just as too many writers can spell disaster, too many people in one bed can cause disaster. I like how you pointed out where Perec states, "At one time or another, almost everything passes through a sheet of paper" (12). I agree that he does appear to feel that the page is far more prominent than the need for the bed. Through reading your response, I have found a new way to look at the reading. 
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-Tina From tinastinson Tue Jan 17 15:24:39 -0500 2006 From: tinastinson Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:24:39 -0500 Subject: My Quick Response #3 Message-ID: <20060117152439-0500@www.as.wvu.edu:8000> I believe Perec chooses objects that are taken so much for granted to bring them to our attention. Somehow we have forgotten these objects although they each tell their own story. Tina :-) 
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-From Mdietrich Tue Jan 17 15:25:20 -0500 2006 From: Mdietrich Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:25:20 -0500 Subject: Megan's Response Message-ID: <20060117152520-0500@www.as.wvu.edu:8000> Perec's world seems so complicated, full of objects big and small that may have no meaning to us yet they make up the big picture. His apartment, his bedroom; "everything passes through," which makes the page more important to him than many of what seems to be life's necessities. These questions are strong, and elicit several responses, none of which could have a right or wrong answer. It is the way the reader perceives what Perec is saying, what he believes and to the degree in which he describes them. An Answer to Question #2 Throughout the section, Perec proceeds to describe objects and their uses and also why they are so important. For example, he mentions a door, but why is that so important to mention and describe? Because all of these objects together makeup our space, a place that represents us individually; a door is a way to access this. It is the way into his apartment where every object is placed for each specific reason, all making up his space, his world. 
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-From sbaldwin Sun Jan 22 17:05:44 -0500 2006 From: sbaldwin Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:05:44 -0500 Subject: Perec pp1-45 Message-ID: <20060122170544-0500@www.as.wvu.edu:8000> In-Reply-To: <20060117092323-0500@www.as.wvu.edu:8000> Good response Julia. A little on the short side, I think - remember you're supposed to write 300 words at this less than 200, though a bit more with the questions I suppose - but a good start. Now, I agree that he starts with paper because for him this is where everything starts, so it is logically higher, but this explains why go from paper to bed and not the other way round, and doesn't explain why include the bed at all. Surely it has something to do with scale or focus, i.e. how wide he is observing? The bed is the next larger observation after the space of the paper... What do you think? I'm also interested in your second question: are some inventories exhaustive and others not? What makes it possible for an inventory *not* to be exhaustive? Can you think of an example? 
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