In addition to popular forms of information dissemination, this palette would include hypertext technology, which reflexively questions its own role in disseminating information as the narrative of Victory Garden progresses.Ĭiting Sven Birkerts' observation that attitudes toward information technologies do not map neatly onto the familiar liberal/ conservative axis, Moulthrop writes: In fact, Moulthrop is more interested in questioning how a palette of information technologies contributes to - or, for those who adopt the strong reading, determines - the formation of political ideologies. Its political orientation in a sense mirrors its material structure, for neither sits on a stable axis. She also has a younger sister by the name of VeronicaĪccording to literary theorist Dave Ciccoricco (2007, 95), "Although some early critics were quick to see Victory Garden as rooted in a leftist political ideology, Moulthrop's narrative is not unequivocally leftist. Boris is expected to have bought a new bed Back to current time, Emily is writing to Boris, Thea is depressed, Veronica needs to pay the car insurance. Same morning, a little later on, Emily doesn’t approve of the facial hair, thinks of it as false advertising
Flashes back to a morning with Boris, hints towards an event earlier on in their relationship, Boris has facial hair, Emily it undecided on whether she likes it or not Emily is reading “Blood and Guts in High Schools” which Boris sent her Emily has been with Boris for 3 years, losing love for him? Emily is with Boris but may have had something with the Victor? Each of these paths guides the reader though fragmented pieces of the story (in the form of node) and it is by reading and rereading many different paths that the reader receives the different perspectives of the different characters. The reader may enter the text through a variety of means: the map of the 'garden', the lists of paths, or by the composition of a sentence.
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Upon entering the work the reader is presented with a series of choices as to how to navigate the work. How the story plays out depends on the choices the reader makes during their navigation of the text. However, in another "ending", she comes home safe from the war. In one such "ending", Emily appears to die. Rather there are multiple nodes that provide a sense of closure for the reader. Each character in Victory Garden lends their own sense of perspective to the story and all characters are linked through a series of bridges and connections. Although Emily is a central figure to the story and networked lives of the characters, there is no one character who could be classed as the protagonist. The story centres on the character of Emily Runbird and the lives and interactions of the people connected with her life. Victory Garden is a hypertext novel set in 1991, during the Gulf War.
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