Golly, it's been ages since I read or thought about Huck Finn. Having grown up in the segregated South, I knew lots of Phelpses. I'm tempted to say that kind of person is the worst when injustice walks the land, although that may be a bit harsh. Still, it's easy to recognize and fight the Simon Legrees. It's much harder to see and overcome apathy and rationalization. And it's hard for me to be impartial on the question of freedom since I just can't abide anyone telling me what to do. I wouldn't do well in a retirement home, the idea of someone deciding what I eat and when I eat it, what I do today, just infuriates me. So when I read of a real evil like slavery, my imagination fills in the details all too clearly. I too am mystified by Jocasta's motives in keeping Phaedre so close. Did she mean to pamper Phaedre or humiliate Betty? Either one gives me the willies. -- Broch Talk

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Date Posted: 19:11:44 03/06/09 Fri
Author: Carol P
Subject: Golly, it's been ages since I read or thought about Huck Finn. Having grown up in the segregated South, I knew lots of Phelpses. I'm tempted to say that kind of person is the worst when injustice walks the land, although that may be a bit harsh. Still, it's easy to recognize and fight the Simon Legrees. It's much harder to see and overcome apathy and rationalization. And it's hard for me to be impartial on the question of freedom since I just can't abide anyone telling me what to do. I wouldn't do well in a retirement home, the idea of someone deciding what I eat and when I eat it, what I do today, just infuriates me. So when I read of a real evil like slavery, my imagination fills in the details all too clearly. I too am mystified by Jocasta's motives in keeping Phaedre so close. Did she mean to pamper Phaedre or humiliate Betty? Either one gives me the willies.
In reply to: CatherineM. 's message, "CarolP -- about your insight that Jocasta's greatest wrong was that she was a slaveowner. I meant to reply last week, but it took me a while to remember why your observation was so meaningful to me, and now I realize that it has reactivated a debate from my earliest exposure to American lit. (I'm a Canadian, so I'm no expert!) Going long>>>" on 10:39:05 03/06/09 Fri

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