Excellent entry. Chapter 2 is usually the chapter of the novel that kinda fades into the background for me in comparison to the rest (in my screenplay adaptation, I cut it out entirely and had the burning of the hotel lead to the kid's recruitment into Captain White's freebooters), but it does have that fantastic soliloquy about when God made man the devil was at his elbow. Plus how can anyone not love that opening: "Now come days of begging, days of theft."
Excellent entry. Chapter 2 is usually the chapter of the novel that kinda fades into the background for me in comparison to the rest (in my screenplay adaptation, I cut it out entirely and had the burning of the hotel lead to the kid's recruitment into Captain White's freebooters), but it does have that fantastic soliloquy about when God made man the devil was at his elbow. Plus how can anyone not love that opening: "Now come days of begging, days of theft."
So beautiful: "days of begging, days of theft"
Ok I’ve read ATPH and NCFOM and I’m a believer. Before I start BM would it be good to read Moby Dick first since I’ve never read that?
I think you can dive into BM without having read MD. But MD is a great read and you should pick it up last some point.
I haven’t been steered wrong by your syllabus yet 🇺🇸🥳
Too kind!
Are you working on annotations for every chapter?
Yessir!
That’s fantastic news
These explanations are fascinating