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Something occurred to me relatively recently which I hadn't seen anywhere before.
Rinoa's father is named General Fury Caraway. Rinoa's mother, Julia, was killed in a car crash when Rinoa was a younger.
You know how Deling City has a sort of early 20th century classy vibe to it? At times a bit of art deco and bright lights? A lot of high culture, music bars, flashy cars?
Well, think about F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925). Now think about its narrator, Nick Carraway. See where I am going with this?
Is General Caraway a loose allusion to Fitzgerald's Carraway? The aesthetics of the place match that sort of world and social status of America's aspiring elite in the early 20th century.
And you know what? One of the core developments in the plot of that book concerns a car accident and consequent death. Does this possibility perhaps enhance the relevance of the unseen death of Julia, or is it all entirely a coincidence?
Discuss!
Rinoa's father is named General Fury Caraway. Rinoa's mother, Julia, was killed in a car crash when Rinoa was a younger.
You know how Deling City has a sort of early 20th century classy vibe to it? At times a bit of art deco and bright lights? A lot of high culture, music bars, flashy cars?
Well, think about F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925). Now think about its narrator, Nick Carraway. See where I am going with this?
Is General Caraway a loose allusion to Fitzgerald's Carraway? The aesthetics of the place match that sort of world and social status of America's aspiring elite in the early 20th century.
And you know what? One of the core developments in the plot of that book concerns a car accident and consequent death. Does this possibility perhaps enhance the relevance of the unseen death of Julia, or is it all entirely a coincidence?
Discuss!