tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post8880946942467011557..comments2024-02-18T12:18:45.788-05:00Comments on Sun and Shield: Grass, by Sheri S. TepperMartin LaBarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-84354905080945274412018-03-09T17:12:46.792-05:002018-03-09T17:12:46.792-05:00Thank you for your comments, which, no doubt, have...Thank you for your comments, which, no doubt, have considerable validity, maybe a lot. However, I don't feel qualified to respond more than that, as I last read <i>Grass</i> about a decade ago.<br /><br />Sorry.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-58552993633594568602018-03-09T15:17:23.317-05:002018-03-09T15:17:23.317-05:00It's interesting that you say of "Grass&q...It's interesting that you say of "Grass" that "the relationships and roles of males and females do enter the story." I came away from this with quite the opposite feeling -- that it is indeed all about those roles, with Marjorie unsatisfyingly never doing more than mildly rebuking two men who have dominated her life for the entire tale while contributing little or nothing to the advancement of what they are all supposed to be there to do. <br /><br />Marjorie's husband is constantly trying to prove his manhood to everyone around him and rejects all good advice from anyone, accusing his wife of non-existent infidelity while he keeps his own mistress is plain view. Father Sandoval admonishes Marjorie for being insufficiently obedient and believes on the basis of nothing but doctrinal teaching that the foxen must be animals. That she finally manages to muster the willpower to tell them both to go to hell is very, very far from what they deserve -- they, who did nothing to save Stella, to save Commons, to save the entire human race, but plan to go back to Terra patting themselves on the back for their purity of ideals in their own smug manhood.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00936596945950722895noreply@blogger.com