Books I Read and Other Assorted Oddities

Any responses to this?  How accurate is this perspective really?  How would the Harry Potter series be different from Ron's perspective?

For anyone who has read Stevenson's short story "Pavilion on the Links" here is a short discussion of the story and a key passage.  For anyone who hasn't, here is a short explication dealing with a passage from the short story.  The prompt is as follows: In "The Pavilion on the Links," Frank Cassilis, the story's narrator, describes his friend Northmour: "My wife and I, a man and a woman, have often agreed to wonder how a person could be, at the same time, so handsome and so repulsive as Northmour.  He had the appearance of a finished gentleman; his face bore every mark of intelligence and courage; but you had only to look at him, even in his most amiable moment, to see that he had the temper of a slaver captain.  I never knew a character that was both explosive and revengeful to the same degree; he combined the vivacity of the south with the sustained and deadly hatreds of the north; and both traits were plainly written on his face, which was...

 Apparently, these people don't know how to use the word "patience."  I found this on Facebook.  These people obviously need practice in using the words "are" and "our."  My parents found this sign at a Sears... I don't know if you can read this very well, but it's about a text sent to the wrong person.  Apparently using English with this person did not work, and well as the caption says, you sometimes have to translate.

In watching the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (not reading it sadly) it always strikes me at how much symbolism C. S. Lewis put into these books.  There are such strong symbols of Christ, of God, of His Atonement, and mercy.  Edmund's story in the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a deep reminder of the power of the Atonement, and that we can repent.  I love the power of the Stone Table cracking, and it's deep symbolism; the reminder that Christ gave his life for us, that we might live.  The White Witch shows her face throughout the series, representing Satan and temptation.  Edmund is not the only one susceptible to her power.  Even Prince Caspian and Peter fall prey to the temptation of power.  Susan, Edmund, and Peter stumble into Narnia after not believing Lucy for so long; they stumble into the truth, and take the steps to follow Aslan, to fight for him.  Aslan is a powerful symbol of Christ.  He redeems Mr. Tumnus from the power ...

For those who have not studied much Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poems.  Here is one from this collection, that I found particularly cute.  It reminded me of Peter Pan. My Shadow (Robert Louis Stevenson) I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow- Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! one morning, very early, before the su...

So, unfortunately, my reading of Artemis Fowl was interrupted, and I am at this point, unable to complete it...That series will, sadly, have to wait for another time.  On the bright side, I will begin assessing the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson, a prolific British author.  I am studying Stevenson, his life and writing in one of my English classes at my university.  The first two stories that I will be reading of his are "The Plague-Cellar" and The Pentland Rising: A Page of History 1666 .  A little later on, we will be reading Treasure Island , so keep posted.

Thought this was a clever little picture I found on Facebook for all of us grammar nazi's out there. :D