Paste

Henry James sets the story about the truth of an object and it's attachment to the living even after they are no longer alive. It's obvious that James is a prose writer, he creates a dissattachemnt from the story alotogether by creating a lack of personal point of view. He lets his ideas about truth, honor, class and respect shine through the voice of the characters. He constantly and quickly shifts through time leaving no space inbetween days, creating almost a looming anxiety about the truth of the pearls and the dead women whom they belonged to. When I read "Paste," I get a sense of opening a humming box full of light and the light slowly getts brighter and brighter, and the humming gets louder and louder until the truth is seem and comes to a sudden halt. He screams the voice of the society while simultaneously allowing his perspective to be seen only through the eyes of the characters in relation to their social filter.