Bodies

On page 387, in the last paragraph, Australian critic Anne Cranny-Francis raises the question "What is the body? How are its limits defined?".  These questions reminded me of our class discussion when talking about "Welcome to Cancerland" by Barbara Ehrenreich.  Is a person just simply a body or is it both mind and body?  Does a person change emotionally/mentally change when they have to alter their body or are they still the same person?  I feel that it says a lot about a person by how they view the body.  If a writer views and writes as if the body as purely physical during a scene or story than that brings about a whole new aspect to the reader.  If the writer makes the mind and body whole than there can be a much deeper connection between the story and the reader.  Anne Cranny-Francis then discusses how sexuality is exploited through bodies.  When one views a body on its own it might be perceived as purely sexual but when you add the mind and emotions, I think a character comes to life.  I think characters are bodies plus emotions instead of simply just the physicality and that this is especially important to writers because they are the ones creating the body and then a character.