Josh First off, let me say that I had mostly forgotten the ending of this book, and I’d like to discuss a little bit how the last sixty or so pages function pretty differently from the first 190. At about the halfway point, John Ames, the narrator, focuses what seems to be, both in the […]
Curtis Before I get to my favorite quotes from the section there is really only one topic that I would like to discuss. I think I have said before here on the blog that my greatest fear is not death. In fact, I am pretty cool with death in that I realize it is going […]
Curtis Ever since I read the quote about the word “old” I have kept an obsessive watch over its usage in the book. I am also inclined to overuse the word “old,” which actually has less to do with age, as it seems to me, than it does with familiarity. It sets a thing apart […]
Curtis– I guess a good place to start is with the general idea of the book. It is written as a letter from an elderly father to his seven year old son. Writing a journal for my daughter is an idea I have been toying with, I know Josh has thought the same for his […]
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