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 Aico Essex Manor Living Room 3 Pc Wood Trim Sofa Tufted 2 Arm Bench Ottoman $4,727.00 Time Remaining: 25d 2h 33m Buy It Now for only: $4,727.00 |
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Misleading titles?
I just read 'Of Mice And Men' by Steinbeck, expecting cynically that there would not be a single mouse in the book. I had no hope of rats, weasels, or even a chinchilla. To my delight there were rodents enough for anyone, but the fact that I wasn't expecting it did shine a spotlight on a pervasive problem.
How often are titles deliberately abstract? What happened to Agatha Christie-style simplicity, where 'The Mysterious Affair At Styles' indicated a mystery novel set in Styles manor, Essex?
If you think about it: 'Naked Lunch'. In the immortal words of Nelson Muntz from 'The Simpsons', I can think of two things wrong with that title.
Can you remember any book that was not what you were expecting from the title?
Well, as far as I can recall there wasn't a single atlas in Atlas Shrugged. Heck, they had to crash the plane through a force field to make it to paradise. Don't tell me not to travel with a map. Oh. . . wait. . . not that kind of atlas? The god, you say? Well, he wasn't really in there either, just some guy named John Galt or whatever.
And then there's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I was expecting some nice bucolic tale and what do I get? Lunatics. Running the dang asylum, yet. I tell you!
Of Human Bondage? Just more screwed up, prissy, period folk. I thought that would be a hot one.
Don't even get me started on The Razors Edge. Man.
How about The Grapes of Wrath? I can see why they're pissed, but they never so much as touched a grape! They just kept talking about those damn orange trees.
And then there's A Farewell To Arms. Hey now, the guy lost pretty much everything else there is to want in this world, but as far as I could tell he did still have his arms, so what's that about?
And then there's Lonesome Dove. See, I used to raise pigeons and then I lost all but one to ringworm. I found this nice, big fat book and I thought it would help the two of us work things out together. What do I get? Cows, cows, blue shoats and more cows. Not in any way helpful, let me tell you.
Oh, and one cold winter day in my far distant youth I picked up Jamaica Inn, hoping for balmy Carribbean breezes. What do I get? Blustery British moors. Why not just call it Wuthering Heights? Oh wait, that's taken. And what does it mean 'to wuther'? Conjugate that!
Oh I could go on and on. And I just might too. Give me time. I'll be back.
***Edit) As usual, ck1 has a great point about For Whom the Bell Tolls. My problem with that one is that the next line is "it tolls for thee". Since I' m rather self involved, I was really looking forward to having the greatest novelist of the 20th century offer me personal insights into my fate. What do I get? Rebel Spaniards. Well, I've never been to Spain, though I kind of like the music . . .
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