Could it be that one of the ideas incorporated in this book is that the women we meet go through a cycle of life and that cycle is a natural cycle of life. For these women they were once daughters who became lovers and who then became mothers? For example Soraya was once a daughter who got married and becomes a mans lover then she has two children(boys) and with that comes a new title which is mother. Same as Lucy she is David's daughter and now she is helen's lover and with the course of nature she might become a mother? Same goes for the other female figures in this novel like Bev Shaw and her Husband. This is the natural cycle of life. We are born to our parents who went through the natural cycle of life in the sense of sex. This will forever be the cycle of life and it is natural. Not that I am saying that David is going about his sexual lifestyle the right way however this is nature and desire is part of our natural being however it is up to David to choose what he feels is right and what is wrong however it seems that he can not say no and accept that he is a Sexaholic I came to conclusion because throughout the book up until he comes with his daughther (as far as I have read) he needs to have sexual intercourse to complete his schedule in a sense. Meaning after Soraya left him he did not know what to do with his time so what does he do, he went and found another prostitue. After that he chases after Melanie in a stocking sort of way. It seems that his natural desires are uncontroable perhaps this is why dogs are such a big symbol in this book. A symbol of David's Character. When Soraya left he was asking the agency to give them her info he looks her info up he rejects him and boom he goes after Melanie just like a stray dog. A stray dog would look for his owner after being lost but after a couple of days if a new person finds him they would not reject. In a way this is like what David does after being rejected by Soraya he finds a new female.
Also another thing i would like to talk about is Petrus is it me or is it weird that he dissapers right befroe the attack and then suddenly appears and plans a party and he asks weird around Lucy I believe that Petrus might have something to do with the attack or might have known about it.
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I agree with Savita, the idea that the roles of women are changeable is important in relation to the novel. There are several roles presented in the text, the prostitute, mother and the daughter. Each is expected to behave a certain way. Sorya's name was not even named Sorya she had a whole separate life from the agency. I think that this can represent the detachment people can have from they're everyday lives verses they're jobs. When Sorya sees David in the street her worlds are compromised. Sorya made me think of Nye, she is respected by Minke to a degree because she is educated and speaks well also because he has never seen a prostitute like her before byt people look down on her because she represents basic carnality. Another thing thing the relationship between David and Sorya mde me think of was the Madonna whore complex.
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