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From: DDPattison at aol.com <DDPattison>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 07:58:20 EST
In a message dated 3/8/2002 1:22:41 AM Central Standard Time, ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu writes:
Ah, now there's something interesting. Why did Dickinson choose to end Ropemaker with the unbelieving daughter twenty generations later?
She didn't believe, but that didn't change the reality of the situation. It says something about faith and reality--you can believe whatever you want, of course, but if it doesn't match up with reality, then it does you no good.
Why end the novel with that bit?
-Darcy Pattison www.darcypattison.com THE WAYFINDER (Greenwillow Books)
Received on Fri 08 Mar 2002 06:58:20 AM CST
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 07:58:20 EST
In a message dated 3/8/2002 1:22:41 AM Central Standard Time, ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu writes:
Ah, now there's something interesting. Why did Dickinson choose to end Ropemaker with the unbelieving daughter twenty generations later?
She didn't believe, but that didn't change the reality of the situation. It says something about faith and reality--you can believe whatever you want, of course, but if it doesn't match up with reality, then it does you no good.
Why end the novel with that bit?
-Darcy Pattison www.darcypattison.com THE WAYFINDER (Greenwillow Books)
Received on Fri 08 Mar 2002 06:58:20 AM CST
