tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post1739778890735299508..comments2023-11-03T06:20:06.604-05:00Comments on Lesa's Book Critiques: Sunday Salon- Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized AdaptationLesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12946133849271512083noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-60757109086970178672011-11-02T01:25:11.630-05:002011-11-02T01:25:11.630-05:00wassup mi homies! how ya'll doinn !!1!!!!!????...wassup mi homies! how ya'll doinn !!1!!!!!??????Your Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774079188915918374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-8979459670436596792009-09-24T20:58:37.556-05:002009-09-24T20:58:37.556-05:00Thank you, GeneRooter! I read this version becaus...Thank you, GeneRooter! I read this version because I thought if it's good enough for Ray Bradbury to authorize it, it's good enough for me! You're certainly right!Lesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946133849271512083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-67964420282956428492009-09-24T20:29:09.320-05:002009-09-24T20:29:09.320-05:00I came to the classics by way of the Golden Books....I came to the classics by way of the Golden Books. I'll bet my mom bought every one she could lay her hands on! Thus I was a Golden Book Odyssey long before anyone tried to film it! <br />We have nothing to fear by these classics being retold in this fashion. They outlived vocal recitation into the print world, outlived print into the film world. They'll outlast this stage, too.GeneRooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395050318275893131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-90832509006116646222009-09-15T13:43:33.257-05:002009-09-15T13:43:33.257-05:00I love it, David! But, I'm afraid I never had...I love it, David! But, I'm afraid I never had to learn the prologue. I bet there's a bunch of us who never did. <br /><br />Even so, I'll buy you a drink if you're going to "be" The Canterbury Tales. It sounds wonderful.<br /><br />And, I really like your thought process to come to that decision. (smile)Lesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946133849271512083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-63682511273839409102009-09-15T13:23:40.725-05:002009-09-15T13:23:40.725-05:00It occurs to me that the memorization and repetiti...It occurs to me that the memorization and repetition of many of my favorite writers might lead to becoming a societal outcast, muttering and begging on street corners. Who would put up with you if you were Beckett's trilogy, no matter how much under your breath? Think how obnoxious a walking Walden would grow, and how folks would cross to the other side of the street if you became A Clockwork Orange, and throw shoes at you if you were always yawping Leaves of Grass. Bukowski's Ham on Rye would probably get his butt kicked a lot, and Plato's dialogues would simply have to be shared out among a group, or risk going insane.<br /><br />So, since verse is much easier to memorize that prose, I've got to go w/ epic. First off I'd say <i>The Odyssey,</i> but then there's the translation question. So then the question for me - the lifestyle question, really - is whether I'd rather be <i>The Canterbury Tales</i> or <i>Paradise Lost?</i> If you were <i>Canterbury Tales</i> you'd probably spend a lot of time in bars repeating off-color passages, regaling all and sundry with their own favorite tales, with such variety - a little something for everyone, and everyone would buy you drinks. As the evening wore on and things got looser, people could even dance to you. An rhyming couplets - how easy is that?! If you were good enough you could even get a club of folks all talking Middle English, just to be cool. And since everyone memorizes the prologue (do they still?), you could lead singalongs! Then again, imagine being <i>Paradise Lost</i> - you'd be one of the beautiful people - nay, the gorgeous people. When you talked, people would involuntarily pause to attend. Your style would be de trop, unexampled, and you'd walk through the world with the air of nobility, or even sorcery, beloved yet somehow mysterious and apart. The Respect! The swooning every time you opened your mouth. Plus you're about a tenth as big as Chaucer.<br /><br />Nope - you only go 'round once. <i><b>The Canterbury Tales</b></i> it is, then. And hey - I already know the prologue! Come on everybody, now: "Whan that Aprill..."<br /><br /><a href="http://shelftalk.spl.org" rel="nofollow">David Wright</a>guybrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923347207625832869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-64049938766421643932009-09-13T14:43:45.278-05:002009-09-13T14:43:45.278-05:00Thank you, Elizabeth! I give all of the credit to...Thank you, Elizabeth! I give all of the credit to Ray Bradbury. He's the one who challenged his readers.<br /><br />You're right about Hamlet. I agree with that. <br /><br />They've done some terrific graphic novels, haven't they? At least young people are exposed to names and allusions that, in my opinion, we need to be culturally literate. Unfortunately, there's not enough literature and history taught right now. I can't believe what young people, and even some adults, don't know.Lesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946133849271512083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-44781051004355392342009-09-13T12:20:07.011-05:002009-09-13T12:20:07.011-05:00Amazing post, Lesa. And very thought-provoking. I...Amazing post, Lesa. And very thought-provoking. I've been really impressed by the way classic novels have been made into graphic novels--my son has read "Moby Dick," "Beowulf," and "The Headless Horseman" that way. (Just for fun--not for school.)<br /><br />I'd have to go with either "Hamlet" (since the play was so influential for later writers) or "David Copperfield" (purely for entertainment value, since "Tale of 2 Cities" is definitely his master work.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-40273735730909778862009-09-13T07:52:49.705-05:002009-09-13T07:52:49.705-05:00Hi Molly,
Thank you! I wasn't sure about the...Hi Molly,<br /><br />Thank you! I wasn't sure about the post, but I appreciate the comments, coming from a teacher. I wondered if anyone would say To Kill a Mockingbird. <br /><br />I love your answers. And, I did like this version. I think you'd enjoy it. <br /><br />Thanks for accepting the challenge! I'm glad to know you'd consider A Tale of Two Cities worth memorizing as well.Lesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946133849271512083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-75325900505717420762009-09-13T07:46:10.038-05:002009-09-13T07:46:10.038-05:00What a GREAT post! I teach Fahrenheit 451 every y...What a GREAT post! I teach Fahrenheit 451 every year in my 9th grade class and it sounds like this book would be a great one for me to review for the class.<br /><br />I also teach A Tale of Two Cities in my 12th grade class and I look forward to re-reading each and every year. It would definitely be on my list of top 5 books worthy of memorization.<br /><br />I actually give this assignment to my students at the conclusion of the book. I think if I were to "become" a book, I would be To Kill a Mockingbird. I love the themes of prejudice vs tolerance and Harper Lee's writing style just reads like an Alabama girl: slow, methodical, and fluid.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414201637917215413noreply@blogger.com