Quick Emblem
April 17, 2009 at 5:29 pm | Posted in Quick | Leave a commentTags: spiral
Since I see the idea behind quickness as the path of thought through the plot or the events that occur in the book, this emblem was made to portray that idea figuratively. The path starts out at the bottom, moving pretty straight just as the beginning of a book does as the plot and characters unfold. After reading for a while, the plot changes and curves as more characters and events are added, making the story more interesting to read. Since each event in Dolly’s life seems to happen at a rapid pace, the swirls begin to get smaller and happen closer together. At the end of the loops, they come back around to connect back to the previous ones because that is how Dolly City ends. Dolly comes to the realization that after all the pain she had inflicted on her son, war wounds and battles were nothing that could kill him after all she had done. She knew that even though her mothering skills were very outrageous, that there was nothing else she would do to save him but let him go. The story comes around in full circle, completing the cycle of mother and son relations. Also, the rainbow colors on this emblem are used to show the many contrasting incidents that occurred as well as the always-changing and sporadic thoughts Dolly had.
Quick Analogy
April 17, 2009 at 5:28 pm | Posted in Quick | Leave a commentTags: rare disease
This logo seemed to fit with the idea of quick and how Dolly believes that diseases spread very quickly and to everything around her. The main objective of Rare Disease Day 2009 is to raise awareness with policy makers and the public of rare diseases and of their impact on patients’ lives. Also, the three hands can been seen as a multiple of the principle of six previously discussed and the colors that blend together form other colors, exemplifying regeneration. The name on this logo is also ironic when comparing it to Dolly’s ideas because believing that everyone and everything around her has cancer is a very rare thing.
Quick Design
April 17, 2009 at 5:01 pm | Posted in Quick | Leave a commentTags: six
Through the use of the number six, Macnab discusses a transference method called lateral diffusion, or the spreading from one node, or person, to another. It is supposed to portray the way in which gossip, jokes, rumors, diseases, corporate communications and computer circuitry move through space with very fast, two dimensional speed. This not only embodies the idea of quickness, it portrays the quickness that is described throughout the life of Dolly. Her main issue throughout this literary work is her constant fear of the spread of disease, mainly cancer. She is convinced that everything around her, including trees and cars, are infected with cancer and that she is the only one who can find a cure to fix everything.
This can also relate to the idea of the six degrees of separation where it is believe that any two people could be connected through no more than five others. In other words, if this theory is true, Dolly believes that because so many people are connected through others, that diseases spread even faster and to even more people in Dolly City.
Quick Experience
April 17, 2009 at 4:52 pm | Posted in Quick | Leave a commentTags: chaos
Calvino distinguishes the idea of the quick in literature as the path of thought that goes through the plot’s rhythm of events. I would say that the book Dolly City could be described as what Calvino discusses as quickness. Though the words Castel-Bloom uses are powerful, they are to the point, making it a quick read. There is an immediate connection made through the writing that establishes everything that is existent and possible. I would use the word “chaos” to label this work of literature because of all the crazy and intense things that go on with the Dolly.
The idea of the rhythm of events makes this connection between everything existent and possible because as one read’s this story, many things seem impossible, but are put down on paper to exist. For example, Castel-Bloom embodies the idea of chaos through her words, “All the streets in Dolly City are one-way streets, but everybody drives in all directions anyway- that’s the main reason for the chaos!” (99). There is a more literal meaning to this statement of course, because this really is representative of the minds of the people in this city. Everyone goes in the direction they want in life, without thinking about the outcomes. The path of this plot is immediate in thought and continues quickly, unfolding the many elements that make up such an interesting story line.
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