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Post by graham pritchard on Apr 30, 2011 21:40:23 GMT -5
"Like being wandless and eaten by a pack of wolves, but like I said, highly unlikely." Graham chuckled. He couldn't think of a situation at the moment that wasn't completely ridiculous that would be terrible to be in with Astoria.
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Post by astoria greengrass on Apr 30, 2011 21:58:00 GMT -5
"That's just ridiculous" Astoria pointed out. She wouldn't ever leave her wand anywhere, but also, where would they find a pack of wolves?
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Post by graham pritchard on Apr 30, 2011 22:19:57 GMT -5
"My point exactly." It was his round about way of letting Astoria know that he favored her company as well. Flat out saying it would have been too straight forward and Graham, knowing what he did compliments of Draco, was trying to avoid that sort of thing.
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Post by astoria greengrass on Apr 30, 2011 22:39:14 GMT -5
Astoria took another slow drink of her tea, trying to suss out what he meant. It was either that she was being ridiculous or that he felt the same way about her. She had a feeling it was the former. "What about the other book?" She asked him, deciding to get away from the topic altogether.
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Post by graham pritchard on Apr 30, 2011 22:55:46 GMT -5
Graham looked over at the book as though that would somehow snap him into focus. "It was good. I especially liked that it dealt with loss of innocence, that fine line between structure and savagery. It was very attune to reality and the psychological feats of survival."
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Post by astoria greengrass on Apr 30, 2011 23:10:58 GMT -5
Not what she had hoped he would take from it. She was impressed, though that he picked up on the themes. They seemed to read the same way. "I don't really like the book," She admitted, "Overall, I mean. I like parts, and I like the characters, but something about it is offputting."
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Post by graham pritchard on Apr 30, 2011 23:21:06 GMT -5
"The fact that children shouldn't have to grow up that quick, definitely not in that kind of situation. The author took care to put in all the cruelty that effects both boys and men. They picked on poor Piggy, the most rational of them all, hunted one another... took brutality to a level that most wouldn't see in every day life but is believable and therefore frightening to know what we, as human beings, are capable of even at an age of innocence. Is that maybe what you found off putting?" Graham took a guess stemming it from his own feelings toward the novel.
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Post by astoria greengrass on Apr 30, 2011 23:35:56 GMT -5
Astoria smiled. Maybe he did get it. "Sounds about right," She nodded, "It's one of those things that you wish wasn't possible, but it very much is."
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Post by graham pritchard on Apr 30, 2011 23:45:16 GMT -5
"As is life though." He thought it went back to Slaughterhouse-Five, how everything was already pre-determined and unchangeable. Human nature acted on the same principle.
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Post by astoria greengrass on Apr 30, 2011 23:49:17 GMT -5
"Probably the same reason I found the other book unnerving," Astoria mused, running her fingertip over the rim of her mug thoughtfully, "Scary thought."
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Post by graham pritchard on May 1, 2011 0:06:34 GMT -5
Every novel that Graham had ever read shined some light of the atrocities of human nature, but he could have just been reading the wrong kind of books. "I think that authors put those themes in books to make people realize in hopes that we learn, change from the examples."
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Post by astoria greengrass on May 1, 2011 7:11:05 GMT -5
"How can we change something like human nature, though?" Astoria responded, "I mean, there's a reason it's called what it's called."
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Post by graham pritchard on May 1, 2011 19:56:48 GMT -5
"Knowledge is often just what you need to think rationally in an irrational situation. You can't change, I know that, the authors probably know that too, but it beats not trying to arm people with a choice." Graham didn't think that people could change nature but they could change decisions, to a point. Things like fate and death weren't included.
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Post by astoria greengrass on May 1, 2011 22:27:53 GMT -5
"So you think fate doesn't influence every decision?" Astoria asked, intrigued. He should never have started her on this fate trick.
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Post by graham pritchard on May 1, 2011 22:36:38 GMT -5
"No, I think fate is a guideline to a particular future. We make our own decisions but no matter which path we take the destination is always the same." Graham explained, though it was only how he felt about it- no actual evidence was involved.
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