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Keneta
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 Posted - December 19 2002 : 8:39:49 PM
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Daire stumbled upon a very interesting concept which she brought to my attention----how would the characters of LOTM acclimate themselves to modern day society? Imagine if they suddenly found themselves in 2003 with the threat of total annihilation of their world, angry people knocking them down in stores for no reason, angry/crazy drivers steering metal horses down roadways?----and let's not forget having to work in a stress-filled environment where you have to earn wampum in order to acquire the necessities of life. How would each character acclimate to these situations? Who would acclimate the best, who would acclimate the worst, who would totally change the situations of his/her life in order to acclimate?
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| My first rection is that Duncan would make the necessary changes to acclimate to the modern world. He likes the framework of the "civilized" world. He would want to fit in. He would be a hard worker, striving to get ahead. He would be stressed and overworked but consider it a necessary part of life. He would settle and be willing to return each evening to his acceptable wife and life in the suburbs. |
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Keneta
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Posted - December 24 2002 : 2:09:43 PM
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| I think Magua would have the worst time acclimating himself into today's society. He has so much rage and is so revenge-oriented, I don't think he would cope at all. I don't think today's society would be too ecstatic over his cannbilism either. "No, Darling, please don't invite Magua Jones to the barbecue. He makes me nervous. When the neighbors had him over, they hid all their steak knives first." |
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Posted - December 26 2002 : 5:53:08 PM
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LOL!!! Not to mention how he'd handle that rage with all the maniac drivers... He'd be hunting them down and cutting out their hearts for cutting him off in traffic.
Magua Jones... lmao
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Posted - December 26 2002 : 6:04:52 PM
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I think Jack might acclimate well...he wants to see change and prosperity for the country and would be glad we got out from the yoke of English rule.
Chingachgook...I don't think he'd be pleased with the way Indian affairs were handled.
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Posted - December 27 2002 : 09:53:15 AM
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Magua'd be right at home.
He'd be a tort lawyer. |
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Posted - December 27 2002 : 11:15:01 AM
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Magua'd be right at home.
He'd be a tort lawyer.
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Posted - December 31 2002 : 04:51:32 AM
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We English arn't that bad really ;) Well, I am not anyway :)
I think Cora would do well, she can adjust to any situation that life throws at her. |
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 Posted - December 31 2002 : 6:28:55 PM
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We English arn't that bad really ;) Well, I am not anyway :)
I think Cora would do well, she can adjust to any situation that life throws at her.
Yeah, that gal could kick major gluteus maximus in any situation. If she passed thru the stones, she'd probably romance Jamie Fraser away from Claire! |
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Posted - December 31 2002 : 6:30:46 PM
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Originally posted by Ellie
We English arn't that bad really ;) Well, I am not anyway :)
I think Cora would do well, she can adjust to any situation that life throws at her.
Yeah, that gal could kick major gluteus maximus in any situation. If she passed thru the stones, she'd probably romance Jamie Fraser away from Claire!
I'm gonna reply to my own message here---I forgot to log-in and posted as a 'Lurking Huron', ROTFLMAO!!!! |
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Posted - December 31 2002 : 7:51:26 PM
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| Aahhhhh! Another Jamie and Claire fan. High-five, girl! Those books are a perfect example of "reverse acclimation"! Going from the 20th century...to the 18th! Claire did very, very well, didn't she? |
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Posted - December 31 2002 : 8:20:24 PM
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Aahhhhh! Another Jamie and Claire fan. High-five, girl! Those books are a perfect example of "reverse acclimation"! Going from the 20th century...to the 18th! Claire did very, very well, didn't she?
Aye, that she did! Imagine traveling through the stones and ending up in Magua's clutches. He's the Black Jack Randall of LOTM. Hawkeye is Jamie. |
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Posted - December 31 2002 : 11:59:00 PM
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Hawkeye/Jamie - THUD
I'd go through the stones for either of them. LOL!
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Posted - January 01 2003 : 4:04:03 PM
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| I can see Alice as a quiet, timid wife of a pastor of a church. She would teach kindergarten and say, "Yes, dear," quietly to her husband a lot. The couple rollerskating would compete in rollerskating competitions all over the world. |
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 Posted - January 01 2003 : 8:59:49 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by Wilderness Woman
Aahhhhh! Another Jamie and Claire fan. High-five, girl! Those books are a perfect example of "reverse acclimation"! Going from the 20th century...to the 18th! Claire did very, very well, didn't she?
Hey Keneta!
I keep thinking that perhaps when Gabaldon writes her next installment, Jamie, Claire, or possibly some of those with them could run into Hawkeye as they approach the F&I or Revolutionary War.
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Posted - January 02 2003 : 12:04:37 AM
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They're on the brink of the Revolutionary War. The F&I war was in the 1750s & '60s...Jamie was still in Scotland and England at that point; and Claire doesn't go back for the 2nd time until 1766 (after the end of the F&IW).  So, I don't think they'll be running into them then! hehehe
BUT, J&C are mentioned in Sara Donati's "Into the Wilderness"...which is a sort of continuation of Nathaniel and Cora's story (the '92 movie, NOT JFC's book), mainly around their son. (I didn't care for it that much; others like it more than me.) Chingachgook is in it as well.
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Posted - January 02 2003 : 6:59:10 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by Wilderness Woman
Aahhhhh! Another Jamie and Claire fan. High-five, girl! Those books are a perfect example of "reverse acclimation"! Going from the 20th century...to the 18th! Claire did very, very well, didn't she?
Hey Keneta!
I keep thinking that perhaps when Gabaldon writes her next installment, Jamie, Claire, or possibly some of those with them could run into Hawkeye as they approach the F&I or Revolutionary War.
Oh, that might not work for Gabaldon, but what about MY novel...hmmmm.....lightbulb over head...... |
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Posted - January 02 2003 : 7:01:07 PM
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Originally posted by Theresa
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Originally posted by Keneta
[quote]Originally posted by Wilderness Woman
Aahhhhh! Another Jamie and Claire fan. High-five, girl! Those books are a perfect example of "reverse acclimation"! Going from the 20th century...to the 18th! Claire did very, very well, didn't she?
Hey Keneta!
I keep thinking that perhaps when Gabaldon writes her next installment, Jamie, Claire, or possibly some of those with them could run into Hawkeye as they approach the F&I or Revolutionary War.
Oh, that might not work for Gabaldon, but what about MY novel...hmmmm.....lightbulb over head......
I'm not a lurking Huron, I'm not a lurking huron, I'm not a lurking Huron....that was me that posted the above reply, not a lurking Huron, not Magua, not one of Magua's women..... |
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Posted - January 03 2003 : 08:05:15 AM
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LOL!! Yeah, sure, Keneta... you think you've got us fooled! We all know who you really are! Man, ya gotta watch those Hurons constantly!
BTW, I loved Into The Wilderness! As well as the two (so far)sequels. But that's a discussion for another place and time. |
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Acclimation of characters in modern day society
