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November 02, 2005
Scott - "There's more honor"
As of right now I am only halfway through this reading. But I would like to share my opinion as of so far.
This article has shown me something that I kinda thought of in the back of my mind, but didn't really realize the importance of it. First off Tom comes off to me as a very racist person, but he is going through all the hard work to make Jim look like some kind of criminal master mind. The article states, "In both cases, Tom, the author or American Translator, places Jim in the role of hero, one of royal blodd, in this case- an "unnatural" son of a king." I haven't changed my thoughts of Tom. I still think he is a jerk, but I liked the way that the author used Tom to try and make Jim look like an intelligent person. Even though it makes Jim look like he is just crazy...in reality...but Tom tries his best to make it work. What was Tom's motivation? He was not going to get any credit for his work.
Posted by MichelleKoss at November 2, 2005 03:27 PM