I know not what this means ... but I found this poem by Padraic Colum who I believe influenced Conor called "The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles" from chapter 2. Notice the use of the words "bright eyes". Coincidence or not?
She thought on the moment when she had seen Jason for the first time–in the courtyard as the mist lifted and the dove flew to her; she thought of him as he lifted those bright eyes of his; then she thought of his voice as he spoke after her father had imposed the dreadful trial upon him. She would have liked then to have cried out to him, “O youth, if others rejoice at the doom that you go to, I do not rejoice."
Seems to accurately reflect on Conor's perspective and even his writing style ... like when he describes falling in love in the attic of his parent's house and his gloomily optimistic view of the world around him.
I know not what this means ... but I found this poem by Padraic Colum who I believe influenced Conor called "The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles" from chapter 2. Notice the use of the words "bright eyes". Coincidence or not?
She thought on the moment when she had seen Jason for the first time–in the courtyard as the mist lifted and the dove flew to her; she thought of him as he lifted those bright eyes of his; then she thought of his voice as he spoke after her father had imposed the dreadful trial upon him. She would have liked then to have cried out to him, “O youth, if others rejoice at the doom that you go to, I do not rejoice."
Seems to accurately reflect on Conor's perspective and even his writing style ... like when he describes falling in love in the attic of his parent's house and his gloomily optimistic view of the world around him.