tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post5390399640999436587..comments2023-08-10T04:03:44.387-04:00Comments on This Book and I Could Be Friends: One Epic to Rule Them All, Part TroisEileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-24640116517672164072010-05-06T18:55:53.832-04:002010-05-06T18:55:53.832-04:00Caitlin: Yes, LOTR contains a great deal of awesom...Caitlin: Yes, <i>LOTR</i> contains a great deal of awesomeness. Regarding <i>Huck Finn</i>, though, I think Mark Twain was actually progressive for his time when it came to race. There are a lot of pretty loathsome white characters, for example, but no unlikeable black characters. And Jim is certainly a far superior father to Huck than that loser Pap was.<br /><br />Jessica: Thanks, but that <i>Twilight</i> post isn't mine. It was written by one "gaimangirl" on an Amazon thread discussing whether or not the series is anti-feminist. <br /><br />I think to further explore this subject of <i>LOTR</i> and racism we would have to look into some cultural/historical criticism on the use of light-dark imagery in Western fiction, philosophy, and rhetoric, and then research how that may influence the Western perception of other peoples. A very large undertaking, obviously.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-72794057445722362882010-05-06T04:14:48.139-04:002010-05-06T04:14:48.139-04:00That was a good balanced post I thought - also enj...That was a good balanced post I thought - also enjoyed your twilight post. I guess in order to answer the points raised I think perhaps more knowledge of old norse legends would be needed? I dont know, I dont know enough on the subject, good post.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08861424110678889637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-62098331509583198152010-05-05T22:18:55.087-04:002010-05-05T22:18:55.087-04:00Excellent review!
I read these books the first ti...Excellent review!<br /><br />I read these books the first time when I was about 12 or 13 and I remember how cool I thought it was that were female characters in this book who were so heroic! <br /><br />It's not a perfect book, but neither is <i>Huckleberry Finn</i> and yet I wouldn't trade reading it for anything. I think it's hard to decide how much of what we read into things has to do with the author and how much is filtered through our own set of prejudices and expectations. I definitely think that intent is hard to pin down. Good to think about it all, though, eh? Aren't books just loaded with awesomeness?!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374987261333318644noreply@blogger.com