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Connor002

Connor002

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Uponastar said:
:lookaroun

'kay. But you won't find anything. I've been eating. Just no ice cream, candy or anything fun like that. I had pizza for dinner today. :)
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You're right.
I didn't find anything in the cat.
*sews it back up and throws it back in your window*
:lookaroun
Uponastar said:
You didn't like it?
I haven't read it in a long time, but I think I liked it.
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I liked the book, in fact I would agree it belongs on the list of Greatest American Books of all time.

Except for the last 13 Chapters (where Tom Sawyer shows up).
I don't like that little brat...
 
Uponastar

Uponastar

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Connor002 said:
You're right.
I didn't find anything in the cat.
*sews it back up and throws it back in your window*
:lookaroun
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Oh dear.
That wasn't my window. :lookaroun

Connor002 said:
I liked the book, in fact I would agree it belongs on the list of Greatest American Books of all time.

Except for the last 13 Chapters (where Tom Sawyer shows up).
I don't like that little brat...
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Ah, Tom. . .
He's just misunderstood. . .
 
Uponastar

Uponastar

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Connor002 said:
Eh. That's just how it is sometimes...
You have to throw a few bricks (or a cats) to get the window fixed.
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Desperate measures.

Connor002 said:
Hence the part where the cruel idiot takes control of the story sucks.:lookaroun
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I don't remember that Tom took up 13 chapters of Huck Finn. He had his own book. I do remember reading it and that his claim to fame was the fence painting scam. (apparently he wasn't the only idiot around.) :rolleyes:
 
Connor002

Connor002

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Uponastar said:
I don't remember that Tom took up 13 chapters of Huck Finn.
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He DID.
That's the problem.
Dot said:
He had his own book.
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He should have stayed there.
His cameo in the beginning of HF is justified, but his little romantic (as in literary style, not the other kind) escapades at the end are just pointless.
Dot said:
I do remember reading it and that his claim to fame was the fence painting scam. (apparently he wasn't the only idiot around.) :rolleyes:
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Well, as you move West and South of the Northeast Coast, the people get stupider.

:lookaroun
 
MerHearted

MerHearted

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Just put up a new day on my site. I had been waiting on a picture but I haven't gotten it yet so I put it up without it. I'll add it later when I get it.
 
Uponastar

Uponastar

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Connor002 said:
He DID.
That's the problem.

He should have stayed there.
His cameo in the beginning of HF is justified, but his little romantic (as in literary style, not the other kind) escapades at the end are just pointless.
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I was just googling and found this in Sparks Notes. . .

Although Tom’s escapades are often funny, they also show just how disturbingly and unthinkingly cruel society can be. Tom knows all along that Miss Watson has died and that Jim is now a free man, yet he is willing to allow Jim to remain a captive while he entertains himself with fantastic escape plans. Tom’s plotting tortures not only Jim, but Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas as well. In the end, although he is just a boy like Huck and is appealing in his zest for adventure and his unconscious wittiness, Tom embodies what a young, well-to-do white man is raised to become in the society of his time: self-centered with dominion over all.

Wow. Interesting. . .and disturbing.

Connor002 said:
Well, as you move West and South of the Northeast Coast, the people get stupider.
:lookaroun
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:dazzle:
 
Connor002

Connor002

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Uponastar said:
I was just googling and found this in Sparks Notes. . .

Although Tom’s escapades are often funny, they also show just how disturbingly and unthinkingly cruel society can be. Tom knows all along that Miss Watson has died and that Jim is now a free man, yet he is willing to allow Jim to remain a captive while he entertains himself with fantastic escape plans. Tom’s plotting tortures not only Jim, but Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas as well. In the end, although he is just a boy like Huck and is appealing in his zest for adventure and his unconscious wittiness, Tom embodies what a young, well-to-do white man is raised to become in the society of his time: self-centered with dominion over all.

Wow. Interesting. . .and disturbing.
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See.
He's a little brat. :lookaroun
 
Uponastar

Uponastar

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Connor002 said:
See.
He's a little brat. :lookaroun
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Yeah. Everything I'm reading suggests an uneven bouncing back and forth between being adventurous and just plain mean. One minute he's fun loving and witty, the next he's simply cruel. I don't get where MT was going with him.
Oh well, you got me interested in knowing more about him. . .I'll have to read more.

For now. . .
I'm going to go.
Good night Connor.
 
Connor002

Connor002

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Uponastar said:
Yeah. Everything I'm reading suggests an uneven bouncing back and forth between being adventurous and just plain mean. One minute he's fun loving and witty, the next he's simply cruel. I don't get where MT was going with him.
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MT was a pot-boiler writer.
In other words, he most likely just wanted to get the book out and make a buck. :lookaroun
Dot said:
For now. . .
I'm going to go.
Good night Connor.
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Good Night.
 

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