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From: michele missner <missnerm>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 21:06:34 -0600
There may be some parallels with Wringer,, but I found Skellig a much more appealing book. I also think that an angel is much more interesting than a pigeon!! Wringer had a cruelness to it that I found disturbing, which the book was probably intended to impart, while I found Skellig and the characters in it to be very sweet.
I did not believe that the boy in Skellig was afraid of being ridiculed by his friends. It was not the local culture to go out and kill angels like it was to kill pigeons in Wringer. When the boy noticed the wings, he knew that he had to only tell people he could trust about Skillig.
(Does the name Skellig have any significance?)
Skellig also has the central issue of moving and the health of the baby sister. The author makes in clear that the angel in partly responsible for the baby's well being.
Yes, there are some parallels, but thank goodness not enough that I would ever have noticed!! I really disliked Wringer. And given our society, who do we all mostly confide in?--women!! I also don't believe that the mother in Wringer had a pigeon come to her in a dream either.
Just my thoughts. Michele
Perry Nodelman wrote:
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 21:06:34 -0600
There may be some parallels with Wringer,, but I found Skellig a much more appealing book. I also think that an angel is much more interesting than a pigeon!! Wringer had a cruelness to it that I found disturbing, which the book was probably intended to impart, while I found Skellig and the characters in it to be very sweet.
I did not believe that the boy in Skellig was afraid of being ridiculed by his friends. It was not the local culture to go out and kill angels like it was to kill pigeons in Wringer. When the boy noticed the wings, he knew that he had to only tell people he could trust about Skillig.
(Does the name Skellig have any significance?)
Skellig also has the central issue of moving and the health of the baby sister. The author makes in clear that the angel in partly responsible for the baby's well being.
Yes, there are some parallels, but thank goodness not enough that I would ever have noticed!! I really disliked Wringer. And given our society, who do we all mostly confide in?--women!! I also don't believe that the mother in Wringer had a pigeon come to her in a dream either.
Just my thoughts. Michele
Perry Nodelman wrote:
-- Michele Missner Program Leader, Library Media Services Appleton Area School District Office: Einstein Middle School Phone: 920 832H99 email: missnerm at athenet.net missnermichele at aasd.k12.wi.us Library Media Specialist Appleton West High School 610 N. Badger Ave. Appleton, Wi. 54914 Phone: 920 832A62 Fax: 920 832b39/4819 website: http/www.athenet.net/~westfiveReceived on Sun 12 Mar 2000 09:06:34 PM CST
