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For Your Consideration...
Article posted May 24, 2010 at 06:37 PM GMT0 •
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To be honest, I really have no idea how to connect this book to our daily lives. Perhaps you could use how we should not be afraid of death, and how death was never meant to be a bad thing. Or maybe how people never see what they don't want to beleive is true.
Or possibly we are all running around trying to change history, when in reality, history is constantly changing us.
Yeah, I like the last one best, too.
Another picture of Pratchett...
Weird looking picture of Mort...
Copy of the book cover...
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Article posted May 24, 2010 at 06:37 PM GMT0 •
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Character Analysis: Death
Article posted May 24, 2010 at 06:19 PM GMT0 •
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Death is probably the most interesting character in this book.
He describes Himself as an "ANTHROPOMORPHIC PERSONIFICATION", but in short, He's a skeleton dressed in a black cloak. His bones are described as being slightly yellowed "like an old billiard ball" and He has two tiny blue dots in His eye-holes that look like two very far away supernovas. Also, He is quite tall,
Death tends to think a lot. He has no glands, so therefore He has no feelings. Death does not feel remorse for what He does, because He knows "There is no justice. There is just me.". He seems kind of full of Himself, as Death frequently notes that all beings must eventually answer to Him, no matter what.
Death is not exactly, "invisible", per say, people just generally make themselves believe that He is not there. They won't see what they do not want to see. The only things that can see Death for what He is are some children, souls after they've died, and cats. Unless, of course, Death makes them see Him.
Throughout the book, Death slowly becomes more human and starts trying to figure out what humans do for "fun", and cannot understand it. He ends up looking for a new job, perferribly involving "something nice, with cats and flowers". In the end, though, He remains Death.
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Article posted May 24, 2010 at 06:19 PM GMT0 •
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Plot Summary
Article posted May 22, 2010 at 07:23 PM GMT0 •
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"Mort" is the fourth novel written in the Discworld series. It is about a gangly red-haired "farm" boy named Mort who is looking for an apprenticeship. As it turns out, the Death of Discworld (who, as He puts it, doesn't kill people, He only collects their souls) is looking for an apprentice. Mort accepts the job, as being dead isn't compulsory. Death then goes around and shows Mort the job, and also hints at Mort's marrying of His "daughter", and eventually lets Mort out on his own. Mort starts off okay with it, then comes by a very pretty princess who is about to be assassinated. Instead of killing her, Mort kills the assassin, ensuing in chaos as history and reality try to righten themselves. Also, behind all that Death starts becoming more "human", and starts looking for a new job. As this story was written in a humorous way, it gets very interesting.
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Article posted May 22, 2010 at 07:23 PM GMT0 •
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Literary Elements
Article posted May 17, 2010 at 06:36 PM GMT0 •
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Irony:
Almost the entire book is based on irony. The entire book is about Death, and his job of dealing with people's souls after they've died. Everyone believes something different as to what happens to them after death. The ironic part is that whatever they believe is what will happen to them. If they believe in heaven, they go to heaven. If they believe in reincarnation, then they are reincarnated. If they believe that they will come back as a ghost and haunt their evil step-sister until her ears fall off... well you get the idea. It's interesting to think of what would happen if you believed that whatever people believed was true happened to them.
Metaphor:
"They turned a corner and hit a wall of sound." There's no such thing as a wall of sound! Silly Pratchett...
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Article posted May 17, 2010 at 06:36 PM GMT0 •
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Concerning the Creator/Author...
Article posted May 14, 2010 at 06:37 PM GMT0 •
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Book: 'Mort'
Author: Terry Pratchett.
Terry Pratchett is the author of many books, including "The Carpet People" and all 37 (and counting) novels in the Discworld series. His cunning and sarcasm come through in nearly all of his books. Since 1983, Pratchett has on average written about two books a year. In December 2007, he was diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease, but its progress has been quite slow in taking over his brain. Pratchett has recieved many awards, including an honorary degree at Trinity College in Dublin and was knighted by the Queen of England in 2009. He currently lives in Buckinghamshire, UK.
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Article posted May 14, 2010 at 06:37 PM GMT0 •
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Setting
Article posted May 14, 2010 at 06:24 PM GMT0 •
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Book: 'Mort'
Author: Terry Pratchett
This book takes place on the fictional world of Discworld, which is a sort of planet shaped like a disc, resting on the backs of four elephants which are riding on the back of a giant space turtle, as shown:
(That's actually a cake, but you get the idea)
Throught the story it ranges all over Discworld, including the "outside of time" place where Death lives.
There is no specific time when this takes place, as the Discworld has different years than we have.
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Article posted May 14, 2010 at 06:24 PM GMT0 •
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What I Like To Read...
Article posted May 4, 2010 at 06:20 PM GMT0 •
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That is a very hard question for me to answer. I don't usually go with a certain kind of books, I usually jsut read whatever sounds good to me or what someone has told me is good. My favorites usually end up being fantasy books or historical fiction, usually books that are kind of dramatic but have a touch of humour. My favorite book series is undisputedly the Harry Potter series, and yes, I am a nerd, and proud of it, thank you very much. Anything by Terry Pratchett is also good too, as is C.S Lewis. Most of the historical fiction I read has to do with World War II and the Holocaust. But I have a very open mind and will read pretty much anything you set in front of me.
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Article posted May 4, 2010 at 06:20 PM GMT0 •
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About the Blogger
I am a student doing an end of the year project for my "Honors" English class, and that's all you really need to know.
*At the end of the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.*
"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
"Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice."
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." -Terry Pratchett
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