Work continues on Glory Denied and I am finding that my usual use of the book is helpful, but remarkably different than usual.
The opera does not take place in a linear fashion and so, after mapping out the whole opera in my own words (see Part 3), I am now looking at each fragment and trying to put them into a narrative order that matches the actual historical course of events.
As I mentioned in my first post, the version of Jim Thompson that I play seems idealized. He is the ideal soldier in captivity, he is deeply religious, he has a pure belief in three things that help him survive: faith in God, faith in country, faith in the love of a good woman.
As I continue to dive into the text, I am now starting to think that there is a real arc to my character. Initially, he seems idealized and as the opera proceeds, he is slowly transformed into the Older Thompson. It could be that the whole concept of a Younger Thompson dies or disappears into those false memories of the past that we all carry with us.
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