In which I say "dude" a lot

[timeripple]

Why does this never get any easier?

I have an awesome topic and a pathetic number of pages' worth of flailing around about how Mortimer Plantagenet Sprague expresses certain class and gender tensions differently from how Alger's street-boy heroes do.

It involves the word "dude". A lot. And yet I am still not happy.

I think the worst part is that I'm not supposed to speculate. I kind of just want to write fic at this point, because that's the only way to explain what's going on with this character. Horatio Alger fanfic. I think there may be something wrong with my brain.

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[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

is this Horatio Alger? do they have you sitting around reading his novels? really? cool. I'm trying to piece this together (due to unfailing curiosity in your coursework) - is Mortimer Plantagenet Sprague a character in one of the books?

I am listening to my celtic playlist while getting ready for work (soon!); the song is a new Solas one about a man who wants his love/wife to come back to him and promises to change his ways. 'Mollaí Na Gcuach Ní Chuilleanáin' (now that's a mouthful to read).

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

Gaelic is always a mouthful! Goodness.

I seem to be extremely cryptic these days! I apologize. *rueful* Yes, two Horatio Alger novels were on the syllabus for my 19th Century American Lit class a few weeks ago. (Right after the infamous Elsie Dinsmore.) We read the Penguin Classics edition of Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward, in case you're interested in doing the same-- I was pleasantly surprised by the humor and general likeability of Ragged Dick, and though Struggling Upward is comparatively bland, there's one scene near the end that had me in absolute fits of glee. I'm trying to write a paper on it, mostly because of the "dude" character Mortimer Plantagenet Sprague. He needs his own book. I still have no idea what the purpose of this particular episode is, but it's awesome.

[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

sounds fun!