Posted by Ritch on May 23, 2002, at 21:39:03
In reply to Re: Owen Meany Discussion-finished book » Ritch, posted by NikkiT2 on May 23, 2002, at 15:57:45
> hi,
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> the book switches back and forth between then and 1987.. The '87 parts never last too long - you;ll be back to family life before you know it!!
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> nikki
Hi Nikki,I am off work this week and finally sat down for a marathon read of about six hours today and almost finished up through
"The Ghost of the Future". So I am nearly half finished. Yes, I noticed the brevity of the time-flipping. I was concerned about that. I also noticed he is flipping without putting stuff like this :::: in there to give you warning. So, the *seams* are starting to get a little tougher to distinguish. I don't know where that is going to lead :-) I couldn't read more than a few paragraphs at a time (generally) without having to scribble a note. There is one thing for sure the publisher (and Irving) could do that would really make this a total scream (if it isn't already) would be to MAKE ALL OF OWEN MEANY'S QUOTES IN RED LETTERS. Just like a Bible with Christ's sayings in red. I was fixing to ask a question (to grammar freaks) about Owen's sentence structure. It seems unique and peculiar, but I can't put my finger on it! Well, the author finally gives some answer when he says (through John the character), "Owen meant everything literally". Very matter-of-fact. Also, at the end of the first chapter "The Foul Ball", Owen is going up the hill on his bicycle and his baseball uniform's number is #3, but it almost looked like a number#2. The Holy Trinity? Is Owen like Christ, but really is the Holy Ghost? WEIRD. Another thing about the baseball game.. He hits a foul ball at the end of the game that stops the GAME (with a death). You could stand there and hit foul ball after foul ball after foul ball and the game would still play and play and play (into infinity). Someone is going to either have to die or *lie* to make it stop. Also foul balls often are the result of great *power*, but you can't predict the *direction* they will take. Also, later on Owen mentions something about the reaction the audience will have to the nativity play:...."LAUGH I'M OUT. SCARED I'M IN. What has more power? The ability to cause others to laugh, or the abilty to frighen? Also, Owen mentions that Christ wasn't SAVED, he was USED. Too much to digest!Mitch
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