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"On the surface, this book is a story about a maid and a master. Neither of them have names nor do we even know what they look like. The maid is striving to achieve perfection as defined by the master and "the manuals." Every time she makes an error--no matter how slight, she backs out of the room and begins the task again.
When the master finds fault with her, he punishes her. He is frustrated with her, frustrated with her not only because she is imperfect, but because she cannot understand how difficult his job is and how he can never let the slightest flaw go uncorrected--even when he is tired and would rather let her slip into carelessness.
Yet, the more he punishes her, the worse she becomes at her tasks. She becomes increasingly sloppy, clumsy, and forgetful. Eventually the care for her task and the love of her work lifts from her and she feels freer and more relaxed even as the intensity of punishments increase.
As the maid becomes more free, the master becomes more tied down.
Interwoven in the strivings of the maid and the punishments of the master are other recurring elements. The garden is always right outside the window, a garden that occupies their thoughts but that they seem unable to reach for most of the novel. The master has recurring dreams about his teachers and his schooldays. The maid is constantly finding horrifying and frighteningly inappropriate objects in the master's bed.
It is a story of obsession and obligation. "
Bridgette Redman, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Life of a profession:
- maid
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main char. serviced by prostitute?
Yes
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- servant
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to torture
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- touching of anatomy
- use of artificial tools
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- descript. of female anat. (the big V)
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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