Blindness in “Lola”
To tell you the truth, I was completely confused by this piece, even after reading it several times. The grammatical structures and punctuation made it even less understandable. Page 7’s long strings of dialogue without narration or paragraph breaks were interesting, but overall confusing. However, the repetition of blindness and limited sight stuck with me. Starting with her dizziness and the blurriness of the club around her at the beginning of the piece, Lola has many experiences with the loss of sight. She barely escapes the blind pimp, has her sight limited by the sight of a rifle, and finds herself nearly blind with blood on her chest after shooting the gun. It’s all fascinating, but I don’t really know what it means. The beginning is filled with colors, and more than any other sense we see what Lola sees. Is this contrast of sight and blindness deliberate? If so, could you clarify it further?
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