Reader-Response Perspective on Collier’s “the Chaser”

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Punda Somkid EN352 January 17, 2013 Reader-Response Perspective on Collier’s “The Chaser” Collier’s the Chaser is short and easy to read, with a few complex words and written with many dialogues. Many readers might feel the story’s plot does not complicate, but after reading for a while some readers might have a similar question. Why do the shop owner always gave hints that Alan will come back sooner or later to get a glove cleaner? The old man is portrayed this through the story, even if from the beginning to the end Alan seemed satisfied with effects of the love potion. To begin with, after using the potion, no matter what happens, even [paragraph 35] “if by any chance you should, later on, slip a little, you need not worry. She will forgive …” and will not divorce (up to mythology, ‘siren’ is a female monster who sings to lure sailors, so in this story it should be a mistress.) Despite of this forgiveness, [paragraph 25] “She will be afraid of the pretty girls you may meet.” She will always suspect, and she may not be tried of asking same question, such as ‘who is that girl?’ again and again. According to the story, Diana is a lady who loves and enjoys having parties. However, after she took the potion, [paragraph 23] “however gay and giddy she is, she will change altogether. She will want nothing but solitude and you,” and [paragraph 29] “You will be her sole interest in life." The old man said Diana will care only Alan, [paragraph 31] “…want to know all you do,” and [paragraph 33] “…never allow you to be tired, to sit in a draught, to neglect your food." The new Diana will love only him and [paragraph 27] “will want to be everything" to him. This means she, at the same time, will begin to become ‘the other person’ with Diana’s appearance, who passionately love him, no longer his old ‘Diana’ whom he in loves with at the very beginning, no longer
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