Cajuns in "Bad Death Of Eduard Delacroix"
Shane K. Bernard
I understand that the character of Eduard Delacroix in this new SK
work is described as a Cajun.
As a Cajun I'm curious to know how SK readers perceive Cajuns through
their reading of "The Bad Death Of Eduard Delacroix."
SKB
Cajun in Exile
Kenspigle
Shane asks hpow we perceive Cajuns based on Del's character in Green Mile
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Shane --
Delacroix is a Cajun, but I don't think of him as a typical Cajun any more
than I think of Coffey as a typical Black man or Percy as a typical white
man. I hope readers don't "percieive" racial/ethnic traits as being
represented in particular characters, and I hope King does not intend
that.
Don't mean to be sanctimonious, but Del's being a Cajun does not represent
Cajuns in any particular way - as far as I see it, Coffey could be a
Cajun, and Del could be Nlack, and the story would not have to be much
different the guards would call Del "boy" a little more, and would call
Coffey "boy" a little less.
Set in the 1930's, though, I can't imagine Percy as anything but a
cracker.
Regards -
Ken
Robert G. Buice, Jr
tiny spoiler....
The cajun doesn't last long in this installment. From previous
installments, not enough of Ed's background was relayed tot he reader to
form an opinion. THe fact that Ed is Cajun is mostly throw away
background material. Perhaps necessary because he draws in the element of
voodoo into Coffee by calling him a gris gris man.
--
Robert G. Buice,Jr supe...@pop.uky.edu
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University of Kentucky
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Coscolluela Eileene
Shane K. Bernard (skb...@tam2000.tamu.edu) wrote:
: I understand that the character of Eduard Delacroix in this new SK
: work is described as a Cajun.
: As a Cajun I'm curious to know how SK readers perceive Cajuns through
: their reading of "The Bad Death Of Eduard Delacroix."
Shane,
Well, <grin> I personally think that Eduard's accent is really
cute. Other than that, I can't make anything else about
Cajuns. I don't really understand all the religious references
in GM#4 <hitting self since I studied french for three semesters
and couldn't translate some of the stuff>, so I can't say
much about that.
I see Eduard as merely a Cajun man with a cute, funny accent.
I don't see him as a representative of the Cajun community,
really. I don't see any of his culture emulating from him,
necessarily (other than the accent).
Eileene Coscolluela |"All our science, measured against
University of Illinois | reality, is primitive and childlike --
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http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~ecoscoll/| we have." --Albert Einstein
Jordan C. Lund
: I understand that the character of Eduard Delacroix in this new SK
: work is described as a Cajun.
: As a Cajun I'm curious to know how SK readers perceive Cajuns through
: their reading of "The Bad Death Of Eduard Delacroix."
I don't think he's any more representative of Cajuns that Wild
Bill is of white guys. Delacroix strikes me as being a surprisingly three
dimensional character for someone who gets executed 2/3rds the way
through a series of books.
- Jordan
jor...@europa.com
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Aaron
>
> Well, <grin> I personally think that Eduard's accent is really
> cute. Other than that, I can't make anything else about
> Cajuns. I don't really understand all the religious references
> in GM#4 <hitting self since I studied french for three semesters
> and couldn't translate some of the stuff>, so I can't say
> much about that.
Hail Mary, it's a Catholic thing. That's why the pastor wasn't sure about
proceeding.
As for the original posts, I believe all Cajuns are short whiners, who
will
burn people in order to escape condemnation. (can you smell the
sarcasm?)
Coscolluela Eileene
: Hail Mary, it's a Catholic thing. That's why the pastor wasn't sure about
: proceeding.
Oh.. =) I got that bit (ie: the stuff about Mary) but I didn't
get the Catholic thing. Best I can make out of it was that he
is a member of some religion that digs Mary. =)