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*Book II § Matchmaking § 19 | (Her memoirs, which end shortly before her suicide, make unsatisfactory reading, and it was after finishing them years ago that I first <i>'''got''' the idea to</i> write my own.) | *Book II § Matchmaking § 19 | (Her memoirs, which end shortly before her suicide, make unsatisfactory reading, and it was after finishing them years ago that I first <i>'''got''' the idea to</i> write my own.) | ||
*Book II § Matchmaking § 20 | I'm the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you have to read it from the beginning <i>to '''get to''' the end</i>, which is my arrival. | *Book II § Matchmaking § 20 | I'm the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you have to read it from the beginning <i>to '''get to''' the end</i>, which is my arrival. | ||
− | *Book II § Matchmaking § 20 | She < | + | *Book II § Matchmaking § 20 | She <i>'''gets''' really '''fat'''</i> again. (narrator rewinds the tape through pregnancy) |
+ | *Book II § Matchmaking § 24 | At present, black silk ribbons were tied around the braids, too, making them even more imposing, if you <i>'''got''' to</i> see them, which few people did. | ||
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*Book II § Matchmaking § 23 | "Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, <i>ain't</i> we <i>'''got''' fun</i>" | *Book II § Matchmaking § 23 | "Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, <i>ain't</i> we <i>'''got''' fun</i>" | ||
*Book II § Matchmaking § 23 | "In the meantime, in-between time, <i>ain't</i> we <i>'''got''' fun</i>" | *Book II § Matchmaking § 23 | "In the meantime, in-between time, <i>ain't</i> we <i>'''got''' fun</i>" | ||
− | + | *Book II § Matchmaking § 23 | He was still singing -- "Not much money, Oh! but honey" -- fixing his cuff links, parting his hair; but then he looked up and saw his sister -- <i>ain't</i> we <i>'''got'''</i>" -- and pianissimo now -- <i>fun</i>" -- fell silent. | |
+ | *Book II § Matchmaking § 24 | With a steady, determined voice, he'd answered, "I'm trying <i>to '''get''' that feeling</i>." | ||
==Non-agentive subject / Passive Voice== | ==Non-agentive subject / Passive Voice== |
Revision as of 12:54, 27 April 2012
Perhaps perverse, but it seems like Middlesex would be an excellent novel in which to study the [i]middle voice[i].
On a first reading, I intend to pull all the instances of "get" that I don't miss. Afterwards, though, it's clear that Book I has a very interesting number of "pathetic fallacies" or "paysage d'état d'âme", doors, eyes, fires, all with a sense of sentient purpose !
Contents
Occurences of get
Agentive subject
Narrative
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 11 | We may get another boy
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 11 | Now my mother gets up from the so-called love seat.
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 11 | Now my father gets up to make his rounds, turning out light, locking doors.
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 13 | Now, in the church basement, she told Chapter Eleven to run off and play with the other children while she got a cup of coffee to restore herself.
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 14 | He was trying to fill a coffee cup, but once he got the tap open he couldn't get it closed.
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 17 | Awakened by my parents rushing off to the hospital, he'd gotten out of bed and gone downstairs to make himself a cup of coffee.
- Book II § Matchmaking § 19 | (Her memoirs, which end shortly before her suicide, make unsatisfactory reading, and it was after finishing them years ago that I first got the idea to write my own.)
- Book II § Matchmaking § 20 | I'm the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you have to read it from the beginning to get to the end, which is my arrival.
- Book II § Matchmaking § 20 | She gets really fat again. (narrator rewinds the tape through pregnancy)
- Book II § Matchmaking § 24 | At present, black silk ribbons were tied around the braids, too, making them even more imposing, if you got to see them, which few people did.
Conversation
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 15 | "Did you get burned?"
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 15 | "He gets into everything."
- Book II § Matchmaking § 23 | "Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, ain't we got fun"
- Book II § Matchmaking § 23 | "In the meantime, in-between time, ain't we got fun"
- Book II § Matchmaking § 23 | He was still singing -- "Not much money, Oh! but honey" -- fixing his cuff links, parting his hair; but then he looked up and saw his sister -- ain't we got" -- and pianissimo now -- fun" -- fell silent.
- Book II § Matchmaking § 24 | With a steady, determined voice, he'd answered, "I'm trying to get that feeling."
Non-agentive subject / Passive Voice
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 6 | In the spring of 1959 when discussions of my fertilization got under way, my mother couldn't foresee that women would soon be burning their brassieres by the thousand.
- Book I § The Silver Spoon § 15 | Standing at the window, my brother wanted more than anything to believe in an American god who got resurrected on the right day