Traditional view of the lyrical „I“
- Association to traditions
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- he’s a traditional men
- lives in a routine when he is in the McAndrews
- it’s a tradition to come every year to McAndrews (family tradition)
- does the same things every year, reads a book from a specific author only in
- north mayo
- Lives in the past, can’t identify himself with the presence
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- is considered a an nasty old snob and as a old codger ( his own son thinks in
- this way)
- The presence is too modern, too fast, people
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- people has bad manners
- the insolence of shop assistants and taxidrivers
- chummy overtures from waiters( deon’t have the behaviour of the waiter,
- who had the ‘old waiter school’)
- irritated by cocktail bars and the people, who chat in there(maybe to loud
- and too much daffy chatting)
- He is out of fashion in the modern world
- McAndrews bastion of privilege
- sees a big gap both his own generation and Edward’s generation
- his time is out of join
- likes at McAndrews:
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- the nature (looking down on the hamlet and on the sea, it dates back to the
- late nineteenth century)
- no cars and no petrol fumes( his car disappeared into the cavernous garage)
- kind, McAndrews clientele, old-fashioned, odd perhaps ( like-minded
- people)
- dignity and personal privacy
- waiter is civilly, treats guest on old manners
My experiences:
- tradition takes place in my live with the “Landjugend Lauenhagen”, we promote tradition in our village, like
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- traditional dances
- traditional cloth
- tying of the harvest crown
- bring people together and teach them the traditional dances
- built one community
- celebrate the harvest festival
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- Gets early to bed with a good detective novel
- Likes watching the sea, the changing of the light, watching sea-gulls
- Although he knows, that all short-lived, he feels peace.
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