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Happy to help. I can see, as a writer, why Ms Kent would want to make the reader wonder. If we don't know what illness it is, perhaps it might be 'the others' at work!?!
it certainly worked in terms of getting me to wonder what disability he incurred but no, I did not for one minute believe he was inflicted by 'the others'.
Oh, you cynic! Not to believe in fairies at the bottom of your garden. I know we think we wouldn't but if we lived without radio or TV or the internet and had a basic or no education- what then?
Yes, good point. I’m not saying I wouldn’t have been caught up in those beliefs if I lived in those times. I meant as a reader, I did not wonder if it could have been the fairies. As a reader in the 21st century I was horrified at the cruelty. The poor little mite. And there were other characters who, despite their beliefs, also thought this had been taken too far.
Yes, it's hard for readers. We have our preconceptions and it colours the story.
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Happy to help. I can see, as a writer, why Ms Kent would want to make the reader wonder. If we don't know what illness it is, perhaps it might be 'the others' at work!?!
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it certainly worked in terms of getting me to wonder what disability he incurred but no, I did not for one minute believe he was inflicted by 'the others'.
Oh, you cynic! Not to believe in fairies at the bottom of your garden. I know we think we wouldn't but if we lived without radio or TV or the internet and had a basic or no education- what then?
Yes, good point. I’m not saying I wouldn’t have been caught up in those beliefs if I lived in those times. I meant as a reader, I did not wonder if it could have been the fairies. As a reader in the 21st century I was horrified at the cruelty. The poor little mite. And there were other characters who, despite their beliefs, also thought this had been taken too far.
Yes, it's hard for readers. We have our preconceptions and it colours the story.
