tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post8487320695353336573..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: The Road I hope we never travelFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-12197850753439647732009-08-16T06:38:37.951-05:002009-08-16T06:38:37.951-05:00Anon @ 10.35pm,
I can see how anyone reading this...Anon @ 10.35pm,<br /><br />I can see how anyone reading this novel might come away thinking it promotes despair. It's not a happy book...<br /><br />McCarthy rec'd a lot of critical reviews for this novel for departing from his normally despairing conclusions. Apparently, this novel disappointed his usual readers precisely b/c he chose to end it on a hopeful note! <br /><br />The boy finds a family. Not a Perfect Family but a real one. The end points us to a renewal of creation after man's destruction of it. And we are left with a beautiful scene of re-creation. <br /><br />For me, the novel was about our failure to be the good stewards we were charged to be. Hope comes in the quest for family and community.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-18501402778262933022009-08-14T22:35:14.440-05:002009-08-14T22:35:14.440-05:00I am sorry to disagree with the posters here, but ...I am sorry to disagree with the posters here, but I felt the book was promoting despair.<br /><br />We already live in a world where we will happily "eat" our brothers just to get ahead. This story presented our situation as having no escape, rather than the Gospel's good news.<br /><br />May the Lord save us from poisonous presentations like this. Who gains anything or is inspired to strive for something better through this?<br /><br />It just makes me sad.<br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-47654129058301234792009-08-13T01:37:10.468-05:002009-08-13T01:37:10.468-05:00There are great online lectures by [I THINK] Amy H...There are great online lectures by [I THINK] Amy H____________ [can't remember the last name]. Hungerman?<br /><br />Anyway, they are on YouTube and she's at Yale. They offer a series of REAL lectures, some of which are quite good. I found her to be of interest when it came to Cormac McCarthy. She examines Blood Meridian.<br /><br />He is fabulous and I don't have the luxury of being a student any longer so I went "off road" and found things online.<br /><br />Maybe some folks would find her lectures interesting. Yale. YouTube. Cormac McCarthy.<br /><br />They will come up and they are quite interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-50508964397416531602009-08-12T00:47:38.022-05:002009-08-12T00:47:38.022-05:00McCarthy is one of the best in American Literature...McCarthy is one of the best in American Literature, every since I read All the Pretty Horses, I can't stop reading his works.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452977258654816815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-25053868498039499202009-08-11T14:14:16.299-05:002009-08-11T14:14:16.299-05:00While growing up, I was usually around adults with...While growing up, I was usually around adults with college educations. They told me the same when I'd ask after a word they'd used, "Look it up!" It was quite useful in expanding my vocabulary. To this day, I keep one handy. I'll look for that book!Billiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489132492383133253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-81087105403014282842009-08-11T11:41:48.719-05:002009-08-11T11:41:48.719-05:00I read it, in part because I saw it on your syllab...I read it, in part because I saw it on your syllabus. It was one of the best books I read this year. I was hoping to sit in on some of your classes but I don't think I'll be able to. . .<br /><br />MonikaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-88717169729288336372009-08-11T09:21:59.266-05:002009-08-11T09:21:59.266-05:00Excellent book and a new movie to be released Octo...Excellent book and a new movie to be released October 16th. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/<br /><br />But seriously, read the book!Fr. Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720680914830205561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-19131942568907509492009-08-11T08:55:38.096-05:002009-08-11T08:55:38.096-05:00Such is the world that Obamolech and the Demokrats...Such is the world that Obamolech and the Demokrats are intent on creating. But they won't succeed. There will be a new heaven and a new earth, and Jesus will wipe away every tear.Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05269978181247175900noreply@blogger.com