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bcarroll0627
bcarroll0627
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In the novel, The Body Artist by Don DeLillo, how would the novel be mysterious?

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Posted by bcarroll0627 on Thursday February 1, 2007 at 3:15 PM and tagged with mystery, the body artist.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    It is mysterious on a basic level because it is baffling. How could someone do this? What skills would be involved?
    Then it becomes baffling on an artistic level. How does this sort of imitation become art?

    However, the real mysteries happen on the level of identity and metaphysics. To be specific, what happens to your identity when you act just like someone else? And is Lauren in touch with a ghost, or…?
    Greg

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    Posted by gbeatty on Saturday February 10, 2007 at 6:30 PM

  2. revolution
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    This novel seems to be defying and controlling time and deepening the mystery of human perception. The main character also have some closed contact with spiritual beings in his mind and they began to speak in his voice.

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    Posted by revolution on Sunday August 30, 2009 at 11:01 PM