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Fenrir · 01-25-2002, 01:51 PM

I know what you mean. One of the most annoying things about the Curriculum is their attitude to characters. They like to have set definitions with little flexibility, especially when dealing with not particularly nice people in fiction. I'd hate to have to analyse one of my favourite series of books "The Raj Quartet" by Paul Scott. It has some very interesting people in it and I couldn't bear to watch them being picked apart, piece by piece, until all we are left with is a one dimensional mockery of a person.

[ January 25, 2002: Message edited by: Fenrir ]

01-25-2002, 01:51 PM	#25
Fenrir Wight Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nevrast Posts: 103	I know what you mean. One of the most annoying things about the Curriculum is their attitude to characters. They like to have set definitions with little flexibility, especially when dealing with not particularly nice people in fiction. I'd hate to have to analyse one of my favourite series of books "The Raj Quartet" by Paul Scott. It has some very interesting people in it and I couldn't bear to watch them being picked apart, piece by piece, until all we are left with is a one dimensional mockery of a person. [ January 25, 2002: Message edited by: Fenrir ] __________________ Fearlessness is better than a faint-heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago.