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Stephen James Davis's avatar

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."

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Aaron Gwyn's avatar

So beautiful: "days of begging, days of theft"

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Jennifer JS Smith's avatar

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?

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Aaron Gwyn's avatar

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.

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Jennifer JS Smith's avatar

I haven’t been steered wrong by your syllabus yet 🇺🇸🥳

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Aaron Gwyn's avatar

Too kind!

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Zach Sheppard's avatar

Are you working on annotations for every chapter?

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Aaron Gwyn's avatar

Yessir!

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Zach Sheppard's avatar

That’s fantastic news

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kieran_forster_artist's avatar

These explanations are fascinating

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