the conspiracy is spiraling out of control (libra)

 

hey all, last blog post so no capitalization. (i make the rules here on bog blog (on a frog on a log)). today i want to talk about the actual plot of LIBRA-- the conspiracy. 

so we all know that this gang of cia-disgraced agents are plotting to kill JFK. win leads this effort, in order to bring back the issue causing the bay of pigs incident, getting the US to go after cuba again. huge, complicated plot to 'fake kill' the president. then it sort of becomes murky if theyre going to fake kill JFK or actually kill him. not a super great lapse in confidence for a plot. how does this happen? well there's a couple different

one answer is pretty simple: the plot spirals out of control. one way you could think of this as a nice little metaphor for the writing process. for example, when i write creatively, i often start with a huge drawn out plot, with 17 different side plots, wide themes and lots of random scenes and details that piece together in my head but apparently no one else's. probably why i have a hard time describing the plot of my stories to people. anyways. when you're writing, you're including so many possibilities, so many endings, so many characters to create a successful story. we see that in the story, as LIBRA's author spirals and spirals the story, creates so many layers it nearly doesn't make sense, until eventually it will all come together in the final events of the story: the "what actually happens". to me, it kinda feels like the personification of the writing process. (i dont think i'm using "personification" there correctly). 

secondly, you could see it as a symbolist warning not to let things get too far away from you. here, in the story, win includes so many people into this plot that he looses control of the vision of the project. there aren't any elaborate metaphors required here to relate the story and this idea. it's a warning of what can happen if you let things spiral out of control, if you let too many people take over your idea and transform it into what ever they want. it's a warning against group projects! (i'm kidding, please do your homework). although i don't think that if you let a prank spiral until it becomes not a prank you'll end up killing the president... 

oh well. and now, only the last and final (short) point. its implications in history. of course, the mandatory discussion in all of my blog posts about post modernist books. over the story, we see the multitudes of characters, plot devices, settings, schemes and changes to those schemes. but in actual history, its presumed that only one string happens: JFK is shot and killed. history books don't show the nitty gritty, what goes into an event. we, as readers, as people, only have seen what actual happened: lee harvey oswald is rumored to shoot JFK on that day in dallas, but we don't actually know what happened as the events were sketchy. we don't see what goes into that action: but we do in LIBRA. and that's kind of cool! 

anyways hope you enjoyed, see ya. next year. 

also! a link to my final project: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSv9UOe7o9ffA8REaMXUJ4oNvBaa8hBA35ZAKXzOyc288wcnGmSa3lSNr-fxIZeXWidRezgcIY7yS_T/pub