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    Call Me by Your Name
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    1. nicoleyellow8 25 Jun 2024
      One day I saw Oliver sharing the same ladder with the gardener, tryingto learn all he could about Anchise’s grafts, which explained why ourapricots were larger, fleshier, juicier than most apricots in the region.

      When the apricots represent Oliver's deepest and most hidden fragments of identity, and Oliver "trying to learn all he could about Anchise's grafts" shows his determination in understanding his contradictory bits of himself, that don't meet his confident, tan caubois mannerisms. Furthermore, the apricots were "larger, fleshier, jucier than most apricots in the region". Indicating his understanding of his identity allowed him to mature into such a beautiful fruit.

      Argument 3 Oliver trying to understand himself Apricots
    2. nicoleyellow8 25 Jun 2024
      that part of his body that must have been fairer than the rest because it neverapricated—and near it, if I dared to bite that far, his apricock

      The skin motif comes up once again, where he appreciates and obsesses over the parts of Oliver that haven't been exposed, that haven't been shown, the multi-dimensionality of Oliver (?). Specifically, he fantasises about biting into the apricot, which he compares to Oliver's ass. This connects a desire for intimacy and a selfish (?) knowledge of the other regarding the dimensions of their identity. "Apricate" is to sunbathe.

      Skin Apricots Intimacy Multidimensionality Complexity of Oliver and Elio's relationship

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