Miss Adele
At the starting of this story it was a little confusing to me but some how I did understand that the corset was not fitting. For instance, these are a few lines that throw me off "when irresistible force like your ass.... "Don't sing." "kicking down the dressing room and sat on their faces". However, on page 255 where Miss Adele take back the ruin corset to get a new one and the seller was asking her what she got under their " flesh or feather". I think it wasn't her place to be so personal and go out of boundaries . As well as that the reason I think she said some people be offended because she think Miss Adele was offended.
i agree with you at the beggining i was not catching the story but them it gets really interesting and you want to read more and more. she got offended because the way that he treated her in the shop.
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean about the story being confusing, especially the beginning – it seemed like a cacophony of voices in the background and I wasn’t sure who was talking to who. It sounded clumsy in my head. And I also got stuck on that “flesh or feather” comment as well! I knew it was a rude, intrusive question, I just couldn’t imagine what exactly the analogy was supposed to be. Mrs. Alexander reminds me of people who say things like, “I don’t believe in political correctness” as a way of excusing themselves from being offensive and yes, violating boundaries. Seemed like there was not a single nice person in Miss Adele’s life since her partner passed.
ReplyDeleteI don't get the impression that Miss Adele was offended by the question about flesh or feathers, esp. since Mrs. Alexander whispers it in her ear. It's my sense that the question is essentially: Are you wearing falsies or do you have implants? A question that she might need to know to pick out the proper corset. I don't know, but this does suggest that Mrs. Alexander is savvy about the transgender community which then does make it an insult that she calls Miss Adele "sir" later in the story.
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