open to interpretation

"Sometimes in these nights in bed she told him of the things she knew, how the Persians invaded Greece and were beaten, and how Orestes came to the tripod for protection, and the Furies sat waiting for him to get hungry and let go his hold. She told them laughingly, all her little bits of knowledge that were designed to make her superior. All of her knowledge seemed very silly to her now." in To a God Unknown
Sensation against theory, the American way echoing Leaves of Grass. Classic literature against the New World, action for fiction and how Steinbeck helped lay the foundations of the American character. Greek mythology updated in a new mythical land. Not sure how feminist concepts would read Elizabeth, the uptight teacher reshaped by the wild. I am very curious to see her transformation and how she will stand the test of the upcoming tragedy. (In a more personal note; knowledge is never silly but it comes second)