Monkey Beach
Read the following passage from pages 295-296 (beginning of Part III). Discuss the fusion of story and the modern world. How does this passage relate to the novel’s theme(s)?
Read the following passage from pages 295-296 (beginning of Part III). Discuss the fusion of story and the modern world. How does this passage relate to the novel’s theme(s)?
Weegit the raven has mellowed in his old age. He’s still a confirmed bachelor, but he’s
not the womanizer he once was. Playing the stock market—instead of spending his time being
a trickster—has paid off and he has a comfortable condo downtown. He plays up the angle
about creating the world and humans, conveniently forgetting he did it out of boredom. Yes,
he admits, he did steal the sun and the moon, but he insists he did it to bring light to
humankind even though he did it so that it would be easier for him to find food. After doing
some spin control on the crazy pranks of his youth, he’s become respectable. As he sips his
low-fat mocha and reads yet another sanitized version of his earlier exploits, only his small,
sly smile reveals how much he’s enjoying pulling the wool over everyone else’s eyes.
