Re: Thoughts on "things Ransome"


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Posted by Mary on November 11, 1997 at 08:47:33:

In Reply to: Re: Thoughts on "things Ransome" posted by Harry Miller on November 11, 1997 at 03:52:09:

Just read your message (thanks). Have you had much snow in Toronto this year?
Here in Calgary we've only had a sprinkling of snow, definitely not enough for an
igloo yet, though I better watch what I say or we'll have the usual fall load of
snow faster than you can say karabadangbaraka.
Anyway I noticed that the lack of D's in SD possibley knocks it out of contention
for your desert island Ransome. Are you a major D fan? I just finished BS tonight
and I noticed that the poor D's always have to start fresh with everyone else in the
series. That is in both WH and CC we see the D's in a position where they have to
integrate themselves into a pre-existing group of friends.(S and A's and the CC) I
don't particularly think that this whole process of gaining the acceptance of the others
bothered Dick as much as it bothered Dorothea. Dick, with his astronomy and his science, I
think possibley caredmuch less about what the others initially thought of him, than Dot did.
However, once the D's had been accepted into the S and A group and the CC, Dick cared, I
believe, because often he realized that the others were counting on him. The recent Tarboard
discussion about Dick's spectacle cleaning habits reveal that he does indeed care about
what the others think of him. In both CC and WH, I think we see Dick going from a state of
indifference to a state of caring, while Dot goes from caring very much to, after being
accepted, a state of being more comfortable with the others and having more confidence in
her abilities. This is probably all misinterpretation on my part, so please correct me.
So, after all that are you a D fan? And because I've just finished reading BS, what do you
think of BS compared to the CC? I think I enjoyed BS more, but I haven't read CC for a while so
it is most likely an unfair comparison.
Thank you.

Swallows and Amazons for EVER!

Mary


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