Has anybody read The Glass Menagerie? I just wanted to ask how can I relate a scarecrow with Tom?
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my class just finished reading the Glass Menagerie. you mean the scarecrow is like a metaphor? I don't understand what you mean though about how the scarecrow does his job instead of standing in the bright sun...isn't the scarecrow always in the bright sun while it's doing its job?? Update your question to let me know...I'll check back and write back to you on it.
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I want to read the book. The only thing I don't get is why would he write a hypothetical book about murder? This book is obviously his subtle confession!!! Why not call the book "I did it, this is how"\n\nDouble Jeopardy laws prevent him from getting put into jail. He just needs to flat out say: "I did it!" \n\nAnd seeing as this book is making a lot of money (seeing as he killed her) he should pay the families affected. If he didn't people would hate him, or at least I would.
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**********************************************************************\n\nDon't feel bad. Nobody explained it to me, either, and I must say I made quite an impression that first night with the honey and feathers. But now I'm hip. The significance of the birds and bees isn't what they do, it's simply that they do it, "it," naturally, being a tussle in the tumbleweeds, or wherever it is that the lower orders engage in sex. As such it's the perfect euphemism for a culture so prudish that even publishers of girlie magazines used to airbrush out the pubic hair.\n\nWhere exactly "the birds and the bees" originated nobody knows, but word sleuths William and Mary Morris hint that it may have been inspired by words like these from the poet Samuel Coleridge: "All nature seems at work ... The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing ... and I the while, the sole unbusy thing, not honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing." Making honey, pairing ... yes, we can definitely tell what Sam had on his mind.\n\nThe Morrises offer the theory that schools in years past taught about sex by "telling how birds do it and how bees do it and trusting that the youngsters would get the message by indirection." Right. Luckily for the perpetuation of the species, there's always been Louie in the schoolyard to explain how things really worked.\n\n*********************************************************************
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First of all, the book is not about penguins. I know the characters are penguins, but the book is about two men who raise a child. \n\nThe only people who are scared of this are people who feel the need to be overly PC, or people who have religious reservations about gay marriage. I understand that the book never directly speaks of gay marriage, but that is the way people interpret the book. \n\nI don't know what religious beliefs you may hold, but if one of your  most treasured and firmly held beliefs was threatend in the form of a childrens book, you may raise some eybrows.\n\n\nTha being said, the US needs to learn that times, people, and beliefs are changing.
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I've never heard about it and have been looking for new books to read.  Thanks for the tip!
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I have read that there isn't any quidditch in the next book which supports Harry not coming back to Hogwarts.  I also read that the last word in the book is supposed to be SCAR.
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Are you working on something to help sum up the entire book?  If so, I believe your question might refer to the very end of the book when Meg is told that she has something that IT does not have and with that, Meg saves the day.  Think about how Meg got Charles away from IT.  What did Meg tell him over and over again?  This was what was able to conquer "IT" in the end and bring Charles Wallace back to them.  Meg's feeling for Charles Wallace (love) was what the one thing she had that IT did not have, and was able to help her bring him back to them.  Meg's love for Charles Wallace conquered (or defeated) IT.  I hope this helps.
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i got hooked on harry potter after seeing the first movie, then i read the books, they are a lot better than the movies, i would have loved to see the quidditch world cup in the 4th movie, but no they left all that out, my favorite chacter in the book is a toss up between dumbeldore and mad eye moody, they are both awesome, and the last book is under raps, but i can tell u one thing from having debates about the sixth book, DUMBELDORE FAKED HIS DEATH, HE IS NOT DEAD, email me or message me for details
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I love the novel. The glowing eyes, the 'is it a cat or Erik' mystery, the house on the lake, the torture chamber, the rat catcher, all of it.\n\nIt's a great novel, especially when begun with Gaston Leroux's sworn statement that the whole thing is true.
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Oh my god... someone ELSE who reads Dean Koontz. I have read every single one...at least 2 or 3 times.  I have different favorite for different reasons.  You know how some of his books are science fictiony, & some are just about a REALLY bad guy doing BAD things. Some draw out for a while and some are super quick...CANT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!\nAnyway, back to your question.  I loved Watchers, and Intensity, the Fear Nothing (and sequel) , and ODD Thomas (and sequel) and Velocity.   Im glad he's a fast writer because im a fast reader.
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I can really tell that you read the book.  Especially since you called him "Tim Robinson" instead of "Tom Robinson" (this is correct).  I do have one really good idea: READ THE BOOK.
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I love Catcher in the Rye.  You may want to focus on how Holden admires her positive attributes smart,etc.  He's very fond of her.  If there was anything that struck you about her as a character that will probably help too.
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The Bird Man of Alcatraz ... I have no idea why that just came into my head ... no idea at all!! (I don't believe I have read the book, either, though I know something about him.)\n\nI would talk to him about his life and how he came to be where he was. I would ask how he came to care for the birds and whether and how that changed his perception of life. I think understanding how things have changed other people's lives inevitably changes ours for the better.
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I've wondered this one myself.  I always do take a few steps back in case God is up there going "Ok, you asked for it."  Unfortunatley, it has yet to happen and I'm always disappointed when it doesn't end like a Pratchett book.
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Dear corky,\n\nhave you read the book yet?  What sort of presentation are you expected to do?\n\nYou could always look at critiquing the work.  The premise of the story is how human (in this case children) would behave when they are faced with various circumstances and pressure of nature and need for survival.\n\nYou could also analyse how the kids "organize" themselves - the formation of "society" on the island.\n\nYou could analyze how the kids built their own "religion" or belief system.\n\nYou could analyze how the author portray human nature.  Would these pointers be enough?
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Well, I saw the movie first, then read the book, and I liked the movie more. It's my favorite movie. I would say people get hung on it because (1) The music gets stuck in your head forever. (2) His version is pretty different. He put more of a romantic side on the phantom, where in the book, he was just pretty scary. I mean, A.L.W. changed the story a lot. So it would actually be kind of weird for Leroux to take the credit for alw's story. And the characters are different in the play and movie version.
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I'm pretty sure the River he's talking about is actually the Mythical river the dead cross by ferry. The River Styx.  I myself have never read the book nor actually want to only because of experiencing personal bad vibes from a book a friend had.\n About the best I can come up with at the moment is some sites I found on the history of the Necronomicon and other info on the book. As well as info on the River Styx. Wish I could have offered more, though I'll keep looking. Maybe I'll luck out from one of my friends who has read the book and studied it intensely. Oh some of the sites are talking about the first two books of the Necronomicon, the one written by Crowley and the one written by the Mad Arab also known as Abdul Alhazred. I honestly don't know which one came first between Alhazred's and Crowley but if I remember right I think Alhazred's was the first written rendition of the Neconomicon. Anyway I supplied those links as well. Maybe one will help.