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Definition of Stream of Consciousness
Stream of consciousness is a style or technique of writing that tries to capture the natural flow of a character's extended thought process, often by incorporating sensory impressions, incomplete ideas, unusual syntax... read full definition
Stream of consciousness is a style or technique of writing that tries to capture the natural flow of a character's extended thought process, often by incorporating... read full definition
Stream of consciousness is a style or technique of writing that tries to capture the natural flow of a character's... read full definition
Stream of Consciousness
Explanation and Analysis—Childhood Mother:
Although Gan narrates the story as an adult looking back on his final night of childhood, he slips into stream of consciousness narrative in this passage by detailing his thoughts as a child. As he watches his mother, Lien, experience the pleasure of drinking from T'Gatoi's egg and the pain-relieving effects of her sting, he recounts his thoughts from that moment as if he were once again witnessing the scene:
I would like to have touched my mother, shared that moment with her. She would take my hand if I touched her now. Freed by the egg and the sting, she would smile and perhaps say things long held in. But tomorrow, she would remember all this as a humiliation. I did not want to be part of a remembered humiliation. Best just be still and know she loved me under all the duty and pride and pain.
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