The Back of the Turtle

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by Thomas King

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Is Crisp supposed to be the same person as the old fortune-teller lady who talked to Dorion? Crisp is described as having "sharp blue eyes, and a red beard", whereas the fortune-teller is described as having "blue eyes that were crisp and startling" (interesting use of the word crisp) and hair that "was dark red". Also, the fortune-teller, in chapter 88, says some of the same lines as Crisp says in the prologue.
Kyle Armstrong I never caught that! Totally! Crisp to me was Pan representing nature and Chaos. The whole goat leg thing, wild beard, Sonny (Jesus) told not to visit…moreI never caught that! Totally! Crisp to me was Pan representing nature and Chaos. The whole goat leg thing, wild beard, Sonny (Jesus) told not to visit him in the 'lakes of fire', how early paganism was villafied by Christianity and the devil shaped after Pan. (less)
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