"His daddy issues need to be resolved, his therapist says, and he could probably stand to improve his relationship with his mother too, but Eliot wonders whether any amount of analysis will ever unknot this tangled mass of mental rope."
— Konstantinou, Lee
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Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Date
2009
Metaphor
"His daddy issues need to be resolved, his therapist says, and he could probably stand to improve his relationship with his mother too, but Eliot wonders whether any amount of analysis will ever unknot this tangled mass of mental rope."
Metaphor in Context
Eliot wants nothing to do with the secondary offering, which looks as if it will be nothing short of a world-historical event, just the sort of spectacle the NYRE likes. Every time Karl has mentioned the secondary offering during the last few weeks, Eliot has found creative new ways of changing the subject. Eliot refuses to talk to Father and is maintaining only limited contact with Mother, who is busy writing a new book about the proper way to raise Christian children. Afainst all his most ingrained instincts, Eliot has decided to go into therapy. His daddy issues need to be resolved, his therapist says, and he could probably stand to improve his relationship with his mother too, but Eliot wonders whether any amount of analysis will ever unknot this tangled mass of mental rope. He may someday learn to hate his father a little less than he does, or may better understand why his mother acts the way she does, but that day hasn't yet arrived, nor will it anytime soon.
(p. 281)
(p. 281)
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Reading
Citation
Konstantinou, Lee. Pop Apocalypse: A Possible Satire. New York: Harper Perennial, 2009.
Date of Entry
05/05/2009
