The Day of the Locust Chapter 10 Quotes
The Day of the Locust Chapter 10 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
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Quote 1
The lizard was self-conscious and irritable. [...] Whenever one of its elaborate stalks was foiled, it would shift about uneasily on its short legs and puff out its throat (10.8)
Sound familiar? This grumpy lizard is just like the main characters of the novel, dedicated to achieving a distant goal and then ticked beyond belief when he utterly fails to reach it. Although Homer tends to laugh at the lizard when it makes a fool of itself like this, he fails to see the obvious parallel to his own life.
Quote 2
But whether he was happy or not is hard to say. Probably he was neither, just as a plant is neither. (10.10)
This quote is about Homer, but we think that it could apply to a lot of people in Hollywood. These folks go through the motions of everyday life completely oblivious to their true emotions and feelings.
Quote 3
His hands seemed to have a life and a will of their own. It was they who pulled the sheets tight and shaped the pillows. (10.2)
The book frequently references the strange divide between Homer and his hands. In a way, this is a reflection of the separation between Homer's conscious and unconscious mind—because he is unable to understand his emotions, he's unable to understand his own actions.