Re: Terror of the Seas polite and well behaved?


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Posted by Jonathan Labaree on June 05, 2004 at 12:27:43 from 24.198.196.209 user JLabaree.

In Reply to: Terror of the Seas polite and well behaved? posted by andy bolger on June 04, 2004 at 23:45:28:

I’ve been pondering much the same myself, but I wonder if there’s some middle ground. I suspect if we were to meet these kids now, we would consider them polite. But that’s how they would behave towards us natives. Indeed, they treated most natives with a great deal of caution and circumspect. The scene in SA when the Swallows go into Rio and do their best to avoid talking to natives is a wonderful example of that.

But bear in mind that the GP is offered up as akin to the anti-Christ. She’s the one in the books who represents the prim and proper values of the older generation. Certainly, she’s an extreme personification of those values, but it gives us a pretty clear picture of what AR thinks of them.

I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with being polite, indeed I think it’s essential. I’m very impressed with many of the young folks I encounter. But I also wonder a bit about a completely polite child.

Nancy remains one of my favorite characters in the books because she’s got a wonderfully mischievous spirit to her. Isn’t there some thought that she was among AR’s favorites, too? That should tell us something. She knows how to behave when called upon to do so, but she’s really just itching to get out there and cause trouble. She does overdo it every so often, but that’s the price you pay for having that kind of spark. I'd be perfectly happy if my daughter grew up to be like that.


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