I hear what you're saying -- they shouldn't even have fantasized about it -- but it's hard not to. The whole point of making it a fantasy instead of going and actually doing it, I'd say, is actually pretty mature and sets a better example than if they actually did something. As the Irishman points out himself: "I have many sides, and man may win by more than one method. It seems to me that the wisest choice would leave us all free to fight on many fronts and for many days, instead of only one. True, t'would be a grand occasion, that one day, but of what value if we all go down with the enemy?"
(Oh, and by the way: Andy would like to point out that the way she's transcribed the Irishman's accent, it is not an Irish accent but a version of Highland Scot. Irishmen drop consonants, but not in the same way.)
What irked us about that sequence was the fact that she used it to give the story a suspense buildup all the way through, making Stanley and Dr. Fielding (who didn't even exist!!) and Capt. Johnson get all apprehensive about what the "symbolism toward the end" meant and "a gift from the Irishman" etc. etc., and you imagine it's some really ancient shocking thing, and then all they do is go make the stepfather eat worms. We thought it was going to be, well, better than that anyway.
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Date: 2004-05-29 07:50 pm (UTC)(Oh, and by the way: Andy would like to point out that the way she's transcribed the Irishman's accent, it is not an Irish accent but a version of Highland Scot. Irishmen drop consonants, but not in the same way.)
What irked us about that sequence was the fact that she used it to give the story a suspense buildup all the way through, making Stanley and Dr. Fielding (who didn't even exist!!) and Capt. Johnson get all apprehensive about what the "symbolism toward the end" meant and "a gift from the Irishman" etc. etc., and you imagine it's some really ancient shocking thing, and then all they do is go make the stepfather eat worms. We thought it was going to be, well, better than that anyway.