tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post2462881758529803329..comments2023-07-08T09:00:54.916-07:00Comments on A Common Reader: Parade's End pop quizDwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-23903873787636949072010-05-13T08:22:55.394-07:002010-05-13T08:22:55.394-07:00I want to believe such things are intended...yet s...I want to believe such things are intended...yet something keeps holding me back. And some of the changes are minor, such as the difference in Mark and Christopher's age. Is it 15 years (Some Do Not) or 14 years (The Last Post)? Obviously it could be both unless they shared the same birthday. But as these little differences pile up I begin to wonder if Ford's just sloppy.<br /><br /><br />Ford is such an interesting character. The other day I had to re-read Hemingway's comments on him in A Moveable Feast. Hemingway initially comes off as a jerk ("to see if his coming fouled my drink" indeed). But at the closing of that chapter you begin to understand Ford's diminishment in their eyes.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-13378406569174594602010-05-13T01:44:12.467-07:002010-05-13T01:44:12.467-07:00I think the misquotes and the confusion over names...I think the misquotes and the confusion over names are an essential part of one of the themes of the work-that of partial knowledge or the invalidity of the concept of full knowledge of reality-I wonder how many of the large number of literary, historical and artisitic references are not a bit off?-I am reading the work as if these errors are intended-it makes it a better work if we do that, I think and it fits the themes of the work-it was a pleasure to read along with you!Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.com