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Post by jeffd on Jun 28, 2018 9:06:47 GMT -5
"Soon I proposed a social smoke; and, producing his pouch and tomahawk, he quietly offered me a puff. And then we sat exchanging puffs from that wild pipe of his, and keeping it regularly passing between us.
If there yet lurked any ice of indifference towards me in the Pagan's breast, this pleasant, genial smoke we had, soon thawed it out, and left us cronies. He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married; meaning, in his country's phrase, that we were bosom friends; he would gladly die for me, if need should be."
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 28, 2018 11:01:39 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 29, 2018 10:08:05 GMT -5
Yeah, thanks for sharing this passage, as I find the book impossible to read.
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Post by jeffd on Jun 29, 2018 10:11:56 GMT -5
Yeah, thanks for sharing this passage, as I find the book impossible to read. You would not be alone in that. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Jun 29, 2018 10:37:49 GMT -5
Nice! One of my childhood favourites! I read it for the first time at a very young age, maybe seven or eight and I have very fond memories of bugging my mother for clarification on just about every other page. haha I believe it lead to her buying me my very own dictionary.
Probably time I revisited this one. And I should probably write mom a letter. haha
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Post by jeffd on Jun 29, 2018 13:37:17 GMT -5
One of the problems with "great" literature is that it takes some living to understand and empathize with the situations. High school is just not the time to take on Moby Dick, or any of the great Russian authors, or any of that. One just hasn't had the experiences yet.
Which means also, that if you re-read some of the "classics" as an adult the experience will in a way be entirely new. Well, if the book is any good, it will be like a new book every 15 years.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Jun 29, 2018 13:49:49 GMT -5
One of the problems with "great" literature is that it takes some living to understand and empathize with the situations. High school is just not the time to take on Moby Dick, or any of the great Russian authors, or any of that. One just hasn't had the experiences yet. Which means also, that if you re-read some of the "classics" as an adult the experience will in a way be entirely new. Well, if the book is any good, it will be like a new book every 15 years.
Good point, but the opposite is also true. Reading books young gives one the benefit of going through life with the experience of already having lived multiple other micro-lives.
And I agree about rereading books. I read The Stand four or five times before I really had all the dots connected in the story. If you're anything like me, my mind tends to drift occasionally and I can black out a page here or there quite regularly. I see it as a blessing, because it gives me an excuse to revisit books, films etc that I really like without them feeling old.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 29, 2018 14:05:51 GMT -5
One of the problems with "great" literature is that it takes some living to understand and empathize with the situations. High school is just not the time to take on Moby Dick, or any of the great Russian authors, or any of that. One just hasn't had the experiences yet. Which means also, that if you re-read some of the "classics" as an adult the experience will in a way be entirely new. Well, if the book is any good, it will be like a new book every 15 years.
If you're anything like me, my mind tends to drift occasionally and I can black out a page here or there quite regularly.
Happens to me all the time!!! I can go through a few pages and not remember doing so. |
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