tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post6731288987545104851..comments2023-10-21T23:57:46.155-04:00Comments on Wheat Among Tares: LOST Along THE ROADterrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-74612456063509886612010-05-28T19:24:04.410-04:002010-05-28T19:24:04.410-04:00I should have mentioned: I was a Theatre and Spee...I should have mentioned: I was a Theatre and Speech major (yes, we spelled it that way at William & Mary - so pretentious) with a minor in Medieval Lit.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-15502191508596849712010-05-28T19:22:34.863-04:002010-05-28T19:22:34.863-04:00I knew you were an English major, which is why I t...I knew you were an English major, which is why I tweaked you.<br /><br />Dunno, maybe I'm just locked in to heroic stories that end in good-news-at-a-high-price, and never picked up the clues.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-22486196401191278132010-05-26T20:16:52.903-04:002010-05-26T20:16:52.903-04:00**cough, cough**
ahem....now what's so bad ab...**cough, cough**<br /><br />ahem....now what's so <i>bad</i> about English majors??<br /><br />;-)<br /><br />I wasn't sure what to think about the end of The Giver. I went back and looked at the ending and she specifically emphasizes his exhaustion, the fact that while he feels filled with joy that he thinks they have found Elsewhere he is not warmed but colder than ever and the fact that he's losing consciousness.<br /><br />Plus, who leaves a sled waiting for someone at the top of a hill??<br /><br />At no point does the boy see people.<br /><br />It's a purposely vague ending. If an author writes a vague ending, then should they be surprised when people are divided on what it is supposed to mean?<br /><br />But I think that's why most authors stay mum on what their works are supposed to mean. It takes something away from an interesting work if an author gives a complete analyzation of their story.terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-57719966882806247832010-05-26T19:51:41.932-04:002010-05-26T19:51:41.932-04:00Dunno about Lost, but it never occurred to me that...Dunno about Lost, but it never occurred to me that the boy may have died in The Giver. He got out.<br /><br />Damn English majors...Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-53766428178027591802010-05-26T19:47:01.848-04:002010-05-26T19:47:01.848-04:00Never saw the show, but find your observations int...Never saw the show, but find your observations interesting and applicable to much popular culture. :) And politicians. And political talking heads. <br /><br />We don't watch TV much. I like House, NCIS, some SciFi, What Not to Wear but my family hate it when I try to watch them (or my beloved Red Sox), so mostly we just watch DVDs fr the library.Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.com