Exploration in Digital LiteratureMain MenuIntroduction to Exploration in Digital LiteratureWorks CitedAbout the Student AuthorsLucy Dunlop0f87c154df9d1f5b9c9db43bf755c92458e4029aChristina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0Deena Lang131c436bb0b401aee393cec40c25d6b298e0d091Amelia Tan072c06bdfc7e7ce98f28891a102d135bb24f1261
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12019-11-10T10:19:57-08:00The Eyes10plain9324732019-11-15T12:11:24-08:00Each detail shared about the eye is significant because together they effectively characterize the narrator. The narrator begins by recalling how she used to experiment with her vision by covering one eye and looking around her bedroom or at her geometry teacher. By doing so, she was able to see two different worlds. Ever since that realization, she has “been haunted by the feeling that this world is insufficiently real" (Jackson). This memory reveals both the curious and philosophical nature of the narrator. She then discusses how she used to press on her closed eyelids and observe the concentric blue and orange colors of that pressure. In a similar way, she would perceive “granular bits” in the complete darkness when opening her eyes at night. Those blurs would often contort themselves into the faces of devils or clowns. This is an example of the narrator’s vivid imagination. Through the digital page on eyes, the reader is also able to access hyperlinked pages on the narrator’s interaction with migraine blindness and her visualization of the brain. The summation of every eye related memory accurately depicts prominent character traits of the narrator.
