small world pt. 2

1) What is the role of Cheryl Summerbee as matchmaker? where have we seen this before?

Cheryl Summerbee is a very interesting character in that she is very much like the matchmaker Celestina, the way that the two are connected is that they are almost opposites. This seems to be a theme of this story, clashing ideals such as the continuing conflict between deconstructionism and structuralism. In the text Cheryl plans on staying virtuous while Celestina plans out the opposite in every way. Cheryl also matches people based on the good and the bad while Celestina simply looks at the lust of each person and figures out how best to get them both in bed together.

2) We meet several new characters, almost all unfaithful, who may just be parallels between other characters we've met. Describe a couple of these new characters and their connection to the other texts we've read.

For one we have the silly, yet stupid, Howard Ringbaum who managed to get tricked into believing that he could join the mile high club by simply doing his wife in midair. There is also the greatly respected english teacher who (like the monks in the Decameron) is secretly doing a young girl even though he is old and really unable to do much in the way of love.