W0rmW00d
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posted on 5/8/2004 at 07:02 AM |
Oh, that greatest of short stoy writers. What do people think of his
satirical take on the society of the early 20th century? |
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Abbadon
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posted on 5/8/2004 at 07:04 AM |
Frankly, I beleive that it was his wide experience during wartimes, along
with his foreign correspondence posts which allowed him such a great scope
of insight. ____________________ Light is changing to shadow, and casting a shroud over all we have known. |
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W0rmW00d
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posted on 5/8/2004 at 07:07 AM |
true, though his wartime writing was cut short by his death. i wonder if he
would have written pro-war literature had he known, lol. |
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Abbadon
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posted on 5/8/2004 at 07:09 AM |
Although, don't forget, that the square egg was pretty much his worst work,
so it may be no great loss that he stopped writing when he did. hehe ____________________ Light is changing to shadow, and casting a shroud over all we have known. |
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W0rmW00d
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posted on 5/8/2004 at 07:10 AM |
heheh, true. reginald was clearly his greatest creation. oooh the biting
wit. 'what did the caspian see?' lol |
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Abbadon
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posted on 5/8/2004 at 07:12 AM |
The mischeif of clovis as, an antithesis to the propriety of the society,
is what really does it for me. ____________________ Light is changing to shadow, and casting a shroud over all we have known. |
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W0rmW00d
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posted on 5/8/2004 at 07:20 AM |
i agree, clovis is still great, but he seems a little whimsical to me, and
somewhat self-conscious. reginald has this apathetic air to him which truly
appeals to me. his calculated shredding of ideas, like family and the need
to show willing is truly hilarious. |
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Abbadon
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posted on 5/8/2004 at 07:23 AM |
The underlying self-conciousness of clovis is a product of the society
being satirised and as such is a far more effective method. ____________________ Light is changing to shadow, and casting a shroud over all we have known. |
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W0rmW00d
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posted on 5/8/2004 at 07:28 AM |
shit. oh hell yeah. i hadnt thought of that at all.
i have a new found respect for the clovis stories. nice one dude. it hadnt
really occured to me that that could be a deliberate technique, i thought
of it more as a reflection of saki, though with his use of reginald as a
sort of indirect counterfoil it makes more sense thinking of it like that.
respect, lol. |
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jack123
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posted on 22/10/2004 at 09:05 PM |
Can someone please explain the meaning of the statement "what did the
caspian sea/see" that Reginald makes after the croquet game. Sorry but I
didn't get it.
Thanks |
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W0rmW00d
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posted on 23/10/2004 at 09:16 AM |
It is total nonsense. Reginald delights in making others around him
uncomfortable, especially when their company has been forced on him, so he
does the inappropriate such as, in that particular story, teaching small
children the recipe for absinthe.
What did the Caspian sea? is just wordplay designed to confuse people using
the two semantic interpretations of the sonic appearance of the words sea
and see.
There is no Caspian, he/she did not see anything. I hope that has clarified
both his riddle and his character a bit for you. Any further questions?
please? i love discussing saki. ____________________ Eritis sicut Deus scientes bonum et malum.
And the third angel sounded, and a troll army did descend upon the world. |
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