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Si-cology 1: Tales & Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle

by Si Robertson

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Thomas said: " The Definition of Redneck
Si-Cology 1
By Si Robertson
with Mark Schlabach

Have you ever heard of a redneck? You know the ones that live in the south and do the most ridiculous things in ways you’ve never even heard of. They taulk like thius. Well I know The Definition of Redneck
Si-Cology 1
By Si Robertson
with Mark Schlabach

Have you ever heard of a redneck? You know the ones that live in the south and do the most ridiculous things in ways you’ve never even heard of. They taulk like thius. Well I know one that lives in West Monroe, Louisiana and is a star of the hit show on A&E called Duck Dynasty. Yep, you guessed it, Mr. Silas Merritt Robertson.

In “Si-Cology 1,” Mark Schlabach’s first novel, Si Robertson is a Redneck. Here let me spell it for you R-E-D-N-E-C-K. He is a white bearded, crazy, tea drinking, lunatic! Hey, lookie here, my family is crazy. By crazy I mean crazy good. My family are specially trained survivalists. They can survive on their own in the wilderness, grow out beards at the age of ten and , physically and mentally sense where ducks are before they even start flying!

“Si-Cology 1” is a different kind of book that holds some of the most awkward characters, including Phil, Si’s brother, who is nothing like Si. He is more down to earth than Si and not as joking as him. Other characters include James and Merritt Robertson, Si and Phil’s parents. They aren’t described that well, but I know that James is strict, and has the same personality as Phil. Merritt on the other hand is a great cook and is a lot more joyful and excited to try new things. As a family they discover that there is more to being a family than ducks.

In “Si-Cology 1” there is many different conflicts but I can’t name all of the, because my book is a bunch of little stories of his childhood. There is one conflict that I can relate too. This conflict is where his siblings always play jokes on him and he doesn’t think that it is funny. My siblings do the same thing to me. You will learn a lot more about Si and his troubles growing up in the backwoods of Louisiana as the brother of the future owner of Duck Commander.

What will happen to this family as they encounter the troubles of growing up? Well, imagine you are a redneck living in Louisiana and you move three times in your childhood. Each time you move you have to make new friends and get used to your new community. Also, every time you move the friends you meet aren’t even rednecks.

The only problem with “Si-Cology 1” is that he is basing his stories off of his memories. Si is 65 years old now and I don’t know if his facts are true because he is basing them off of what he knew 50+ years ago and in the book, he was a drunk in college and I know that alcohol can affect your mind a lot. He also went to war, so based on these facts I don’t know if I can trust his mind that’s been polluted for all these years.

In this book it was clearly the stories organization. In the book the Author puts the stories in a unique order where it goes from Si’s childhood to his future when telling these different ...more "

Oct 24, 2013 08:47AM · see review