Book Stick Passed on to Me
17th April 2005
I got passed the Book Stick by Heather of Fumbling for Words. The meme is simple. There are five questions (the ones you see here) and you have to provide your answers to them.
You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? Hmmm…what book should I be? I suppose I need to be a book that has enduring qualities about it so as to compell Montag to want to hide me, and perhaps when he finally opens my pages to read it, he will find meaning enough not want to destroy books. That’s a toughie! However, I can think of one such book in a time of crisis that has done a similar job - the Purpose Driven Life is one such book, and its first words would probably be arresting enough to stop him in his tracks and make him want to pause a moment or two. Another such book is Making Sense of It All Pascal and the Meaning of Life by Thomas V. Morris, but I am not sure if it has the same kind of popular appeal as PDL. However in terms of presenting a clear message about the meaning of life, it certainly has it!
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? I think I was fascinated by Nancy Drew. She was so smart so she must also be beautiful as well (or so I thought). As a kid, I devored all of those mystery stories by Enid Blyton and Frank Dixon.
Longest lasting crush? Well in terms of "fictional character", the longest attraction in terms of admiration and impact on my imagination is probably the silver screen impression of a character I had read and stories told to me earlier on. This character is that of the Kwan Yin, Goddess of Mercy.
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