References to the Moon in Paul Austers Moon Palace

References to the dream in Paul Austers lunation Palace * Frequently dealing with the moon around * Already at the set about the moon is mentioned with the first Landing on the moon * page 7 transmission line 1 * It was the summer that men first walked on the moon. Introduction of the leitmotiv outlines the time in which the story approximately takes place * page 18/ 19 * Moonlight Moods. Moon Men * page 38 line 21- 25 * Radiant Diana, I ruling Diana is the Roman god of the moon. The male counterpart is Sol(? -omon) who is the god of the sun. * page 39 line 51- 52 Perhaps the word moon had changed for me after I saw men wandering about its surface. Marco learns that the moon is reachable and so is also his aim (to find his identicalness). * page 77 line 50 53 * they (Kittys visits) were natural events, and they carried the same force and inevitability as the weather, the motions of the planets, or the light that came filtering through the window at three oclock every aft ernoon This means that Kittys visits are regularly because the circulation of the planets always happens in the same succession. page 85 line 48 50 * the point was to accept things as they were, to drift along with the flow of the universe This passage is linked to Marcos life in the parc when he didnt make any effort to reach something. He only wanted to keep on living just as the planets are rotating without being influenced by any other subject than nature. * page 86 line 29 31 * within the next ten days or so, I debate I put on eighteen or twenty pounds, and by the end of the month I was beginning to resemble the person I had at one time been Marcos siuation is compared with the moon After a certain time of change the moon turns into his initial condition. * page 100 line 32- 33 * The sun is the past, the soil is the present, the moon is the future. This is a link to Marcos future. After 9 months when he reads Nicola Teslas autobiography he finds the same sentenc e. * page 139 line 50- 54 * Marco is flavor at a picture showing the moon but he isnt able to recognize the real meaning of the painting immediately. Marcos life is compared with this. * page 155 line 58- 60 The moon is a mutual opposition giving orientation towards Marcos life. * page 252 line 30- 32 * Sol puts the origins of the Indians having rescue John Kepler from death to the moon. * page 255 line 56- 57 * The moon is a symbol of darkness and lunacy but it also reflects a new beginning. The primer around Utah resembles the surface of the moon. * page 302 line 11- 14 * Marcos real life starts when he is looking at the moon. Now, he has succeeded his quest for identity so he can re- enact how important it is to have a point of orientation in your life. Once Thomas Effing has tried to teach Marco this. Moon Palace * He lives as homeless person in the central park his rescue through meeting Kitty Wu Moon as a symbol for hope and change * Restaurant Moon Palace a Chinese restau rant Moon palace as the embodiment of the misconception that Columbus thought America was China * There are three stories in the book and each one is finally the same each generation repeats the same mistakes of the previous(prenominal) generation * Moon Landing at the very beginning * Marco doesnt share the enthusiasm of the most American people including the president p5/1 * Apollo project.Marco is precise of the M. L. because it stands for mans Hybris to break into Gods Sphere * Marco talks about Moon Landings in Literature when he first meets Kitty p50/16 * Moon * Goddess of cacoethes and lunacy p43/5 * Dark image * But also a kind of new frontier (Columbus-the West-the moon) * Landscape of the moon is similar to the one of the American West p45/1 * moon is a lifeless stone * loneliness just like in the west * Moon Palace * Esp. The neon sign of a Chinese Restaurant Marco sees from his apartment (once really existed) p. 5/11 * A painting called Moonlight by Ralph Blakelock p1 62/20 * The moon is above a peaceful scene (Indians/Nature/Frontier) * Associated with harmony between man and nature * Moon stands for constant change which determines Marcos life and future * (see the end of the novel, when Marco stares at the moon * compare Effings view (p182) the moon offers you a direction in Life/Orientation * Solomon Barber & the moon * In Keplers Blood the people in that location were born on the moon * Barbers bald head/his face reminds at the moon