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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:21 AM Original message |
"It is a mean, nasty book and if I could make it nastier I would." |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. recommend |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. The ending always bothered me. It would seem more likely that |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Not being equipped to produce milk myself |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. you don't need a breast pump to express milk |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I guess my point is which is easier? |
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Cairycat (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. It takes time to develop the knack of hand expressing milk |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. No you don't but, unless one's breast is full to bursting, it ain't easy. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Hardly the same emotional impact, wouldn't you say? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Given how realistic the rest of the novel is ( Remember how the kids used |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Drama, pure and simple |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
64. +1000. nt |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Humanity |
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juxtaposed (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. i agree, when there is nothing else |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. It's Biblical symbolism, as well. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. It was written to make a shocking impact and it did. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. Giving him milk from a cup would be similar to giving him bread. Steinbeck was going for |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Logic tells me that; but when I condiser her sense of loss... |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. I always understood it as the passing on of life and of doing good... |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. +1000000000000000 n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
60. You are mistaking a writer for a clinician. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
63. I know for me, I never heard of expressing milk until maybe 30 years ago. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
68. I think it was important to the story to take place exactly as it did |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's passion |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
88. I came across this by accident and thought it might have some relevence - |
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P. Galore (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here's what Eleanor Roosevelt thought about the book |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Wow! - Thanks VERY much for this! nt |
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P. Galore (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. You're very welcome, dear, as She would say. nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I don't really know much about her. These quotes show that though she had a heart for |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Love Eleanor Roosevelt -- !! Were future audiences not "gripped" by the tragedy, however? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Your everyman/woman doesn't run and never has ran the country. That's the problem. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #49 |
79. My point was about the value of the movie to audiences .... |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
82. remember when Little Boot's english professor was interviewed? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. And more . . . |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
53. The Grapes of Wrath remains one of the most important books |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
54. Brilliant! |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
65. Eleanor writes as if there was still education going on in our society back then. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. My favorite quote from one of my favorite books... |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Mine too. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. _ |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. It sure ripped my nerves to rags. I literally threw the book across the room |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I find it so ridiculous that that would be controversial. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Like a great song. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Flour and bacon drippings. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. There is nothing in this world that bacon can't fix. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. sounds like roux |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
85. Lots of salt and pepper added to it makes it palatable. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. I read that book when I was 10 or 11 years of age. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. That sounds HORRIBLE. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. I have never read his books. |
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Maine-i-acs (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. "The Pearl" |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
76. Or a great way to never read any of his works again. |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. "Travels With Charlie" is good. it has humor, and short. |
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cameozalaznick (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Well, you might work up to this one. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Cannery Row, Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, The Pearl |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. The Red Pony was my first. |
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kaffy4x4 (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 03:31 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. You Forgot East of Eden |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
80. That I did |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
61. PLEASE begin with "Of Mice and Men." |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #61 |
78. How did they take it? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Let's just say they learned the lesson for class. But one now is in DC working for Republicans. |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
67. "East of Eden" - wonderful book |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #67 |
75. And a pretty good movie too. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. Every American today should read this book, so that it does not ever again become reality. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. These are some of the reasons I think The Road is one of the best books. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
62. Please do... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. Its too bad that the "Okies" that were so sympathetically portrayed... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
74. I was just wondering how many of the grandchildren from The Grapes |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. ttt |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. Steinbeck was a beast. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
43. I recommend the book |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
44. My favorite book of all time. The Great American Novel. nt |
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kaffy4x4 (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
46. I recommend this book often |
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pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
50. K&R (n/t) |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
51. We read it. It was wonderful. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
52. K&R |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. One of the most powerful books ever written... |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
57. This book changed me |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
59. Should be mandatory reading on the decks of yachters. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #59 |
77. Like Miller's "The Crucible", even if certain people did read it, the meaning would be lost on them. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
66. K&R. nt |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
69. I admit I've only seen John Ford's adaptation........ |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. Jim Casy = J.C. = Jesus Christ |
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P. Galore (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. Steinbeck kinda liked the folks he met in Hollywood, such as Spencer Tracy, |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
70. "Rich fellas come up an' they die, an' their kids ain't no good an' they die out. " |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
71. The ending is the most human part of the book. |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I got my B.A. Degree when I was 41. I gravitated toward film & |
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BEZERKO (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
72. Great book |
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pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:48 AM Response to Reply #72 |
87. "great movie with Henry Fonda" |
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