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   AJA to Steve Hayes   
   Re: Lord of the Flies (was: Books to rea   
   01 Feb 08 22:20:50   
   
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   From: ahnemann@optonline.net   
      
   "Steve Hayes"  wrote in message   
   news:1kt6q3h5uhtuq3qae24c1me8qivs21i5gh@4ax.com...   
   > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:18:23 -0500, "AJA"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>Now, that's a new way in which to look at this book, and new ways of   
   >>looking   
   >>are (almost) never bad.  :)  One of the reasons I read Charles Williams,   
   >   
   > What are the old ways?   
      
   Looking and not seeing, of course.   
   >   
   > That's what struck me right from the first time i ever read it. I've never   
   > really looked at it in any other way.   
      
   Amazing.  Never crossed my mind the first time.  But I was assigned the book   
   to read in 10th grade.  NEVER should it be read in high school -as with many   
   other books that are so assigned.  I've read it two or three times since.   
   At what age did you first read this LotF, btw?   
      
   Blessings,   
   Ann   
      
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