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There are many lessons in Brave New World and 1984. Not the least of which is making government your God- this falls in line with "whatsoever things are true". I remember in Brave New World about the fact that people no longer could stand any pain, and were forever breathing in clouds of soma (I think the drug was called) pumped into their houses to tranquilize them all, and about the constant need for entertainment- two things that are a cautionary tale to us and go along with Christian truth. What is the message of Big Brother? It is conform, or else. The message of Christ is to NOT conform. There are a lot of Christian truths in both these books if we have eyes to see them. I think it will be an interesting discussion.
To compare the beauty of Austen to the trash of Gray (I don't even know the name of the author, so called)- is like comparing a diamond to a dollar store ring. I am going to trust that you are joking.
The Odyssey is Greek mythology, and I know some people who have qualms about reading mythology- BUT, I think it is good to compare- to compare the excellency of our God to the pettiness of the Greek gods. Our God, by comparison is worthy of worship.
I don't know that librarians and poets have such different tastes and opinions. It would depend upon the librarian and the poet, of course. You are a past master at making sweeping generalizations.
To compare the beauty of Austen to the trash of Gray (I don't even know the name of the author, so called)- is like comparing a diamond to a dollar store ring. I am going to trust that you are joking.
The Odyssey is Greek mythology, and I know some people who have qualms about reading mythology- BUT, I think it is good to compare- to compare the excellency of our God to the pettiness of the Greek gods. Our God, by comparison is worthy of worship.
I don't know that librarians and poets have such different tastes and opinions. It would depend upon the librarian and the poet, of course. You are a past master at making sweeping generalizations.
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Galatea, I just have to say that I truly admire your dedication to creating this book club. 
If literature was my thing, I'd be all over it... but alas, my inability to read has staved off any hopes of inclusion into this curious and thought-provoking endeavor....
(no pun intended... or was it?)
If literature was my thing, I'd be all over it... but alas, my inability to read has staved off any hopes of inclusion into this curious and thought-provoking endeavor....
(no pun intended... or was it?
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You used the word "staved" very nicely, you might have a lot more to add then you may think.
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I hate to disagree with you, but The Old Man and the Sea was one of the most boring books I have ever read. I think it is because I am from an area that makes its living from seafood, and a family that made its living from seafood- and it was just too unbelievable to me that a poor Cuban would starve himself in order to catch one fish. Not to down Hemingway, but that is a rich man's attitude toward fishing (a sports fisherman). A commercial fisherman would not be that impractical.
I think it is because I am from an area that makes its living from seafood, and a family that made its living from seafood- and it was just too unbelievable to me that a poor Cuban would starve himself in order to catch one fish. Not to down Hemingway, but that is a rich man's attitude toward fishing (a sports fisherman). A commercial fisherman would not be that impractical.Yeah, I don't get how anyone could compare the trash known as fifty shades to P&P
saying it was the trash of its day two hundred years ago. There is no absolutely no
artistic merit to fifty shades, and many other very true and equally disparaging things
could be said against all fifty shades, while Jane Austen's literature, perhaps Pride and
Prejudice especially, has been (near) universally acclaimed as some of the best ever
written for a multitude of reasons, many attributable to the author's artistic talent
saying it was the trash of its day two hundred years ago. There is no absolutely no
artistic merit to fifty shades, and many other very true and equally disparaging things
could be said against all fifty shades, while Jane Austen's literature, perhaps Pride and
Prejudice especially, has been (near) universally acclaimed as some of the best ever
written for a multitude of reasons, many attributable to the author's artistic talent
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Yeah, I don't get how anyone could compare the trash known as fifty shades to P&P
saying it was the trash of its day two hundred years ago. There is no absolutely no
artistic merit to fifty shades, and many other very true and equally disparaging things
could be said against all fifty shades, while Jane Austen's literature, perhaps Pride and
Prejudice especially, has been (near) universally acclaimed as some of the best ever
written for a multitude of reasons, many attributable to the author's artistic talent
saying it was the trash of its day two hundred years ago. There is no absolutely no
artistic merit to fifty shades, and many other very true and equally disparaging things
could be said against all fifty shades, while Jane Austen's literature, perhaps Pride and
Prejudice especially, has been (near) universally acclaimed as some of the best ever
written for a multitude of reasons, many attributable to the author's artistic talent
Maybe we should vote for Pride and Prejudice so Naboth can actually read it.
I know I shouldn't pass judgment on a book I have not read (Fifty Shades), but if the paragraph I read is indicative of the whole- then the writing itself is trash as well as the subject. Maybe I'm a prude. I DID walk out of 1855, after all.