Friday, August 19, 2011

Frivolously Follow Me on This Friday!

"Follow Me Friday" is hosted by Parajunkie's View and Alison Can Read (didn't I tell you how HARD we book bloggers party?). This week's featured bloggers and therefore supreme administers of questions are Stuck In Books and Belle Books, both of which are composed by immensely interesting people, I might add. So what question have they inquired of us today?

If you could write yourself a part in a book,
what book would it be and what role
would you play in that book?


     Indisputably, a younger brother of Melanie in Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. When Melanie is in Atlanta with Scarlett, I would just love to be an indispensable asset to the two of them as they endure those horrid days of Civil War. I would be a person of the utmost benevolence, and when the Yankees are about to put Atlanta under siege, I would stay with my sister, later aiding both her Scarlett once Rhett has left them in the wilderness outside of Georgia's capitol.
     I also imagine me acting as an older sibling to the child of Scarlett, who is without a dominant male figure, once Melanie, Scarlett, Beau (Melanie's son), and Wade Hamilton are taking refuge in Tara after their escape. This is especially imperative because a child must be surrounded by diversity from an immensely young age. How successful can a man be if he is not comfortable with other men? The same would occur if a child is never presented with the existence of racial minorities-How successful can any person be if they are unable to deal with people ethnically different from themselves? An African American who cannot deal with Asian Americans? A European American who cannot deal with Mexican Americans? Any people falling under the aforementioned conditions would be simply incapable of satisfying what life expects from them since life, in the end, knows no color, no gender, nothing but which humans are capable of living. And that is a great amount of us.    

17 comments:

  1. Hello! New follower here. :D

    I haven't read Gone With The Wind, but I've heard it's a great read. I must check it out! :)

    Please check out my follow friday post when you get a chance:
    http://www.lifebetweenpages.net/2011/08/follow-friday-7.html

    Have a fantastic weekend!

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  2. I look your answer, such a gentleman! I also love your blog title :)

    I'm a new follower! Please hop over to my blog!

    Laura @ http://laurabesbookblog.blogspot.com/

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  3. I haven't read that book so I'm going to check it out now, sounds really good!
    I'm a new follower and this is my Follow Friday. Feel free to pass by and have a look and if you like it consider following me back ;)

    Hugs,

    Alaiel

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  4. I am a new follower! Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier :)

    Honestly, I have no read Gone With the Wind and only vaguely recall watching the extremely long movie but I like your answer. I agree with exposing children to all types of people; race, creed, nationality, etc. In high school I finally learned what it was like to live in the world.

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  5. Thanks for stopping by Fuzzy.Coffee.Books! Gone With The Wind is one of my absolute favorite stories. In fact, every year on my birthday I treat myself by sitting down and watching the whole movie, and I don't let anyone bug me. What a great choice of a book to be written into.
    Courtney

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  6. GWTW is a great book and your reasoning is intriguing. Thanks for becoming a follower of mine, I'm now following you back.

    The Scarf Princess

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  7. I love Gone With the Wind. Awesome pick! New follower. My FF is at http://alaskanbookcafe.blogspot.com

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  8. I haven't read Gone With the Wind, but I have seen the movie.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'm now following you, too.

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  9. GWTW is one of my all time favorite books! Can't think of a better book to be written into!

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  10. Author and new follower from Follow Friday!

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  11. OH MY GOSH! I found your blog via Blog Hop as so many people do both; can I just say "Hi, Thanks for likeing books other than paranormal." (no hating to the para-junkees out there!! I'm just so excited to see a classics fan!!)
    As for me, if I had done parajunkee's q this week my woul be: A spy/investigator committed wholesy to helping The Count of Monte Cristo. One of his "merry men" - but a girl.
    New Follower!
    Jfeldt

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  12. New follower! I love your answer, it is so well thought out =)

    My FF: http://skyink.net/?p=2812

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  13. Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm a new follower. I keep meaning to read Gone With The Wind, but I never seem to have the time. One day I am going to grab a copy and read through it.
    Audrey

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  14. I love your answer - and your blog! Totally crushing on your blog! So much so that I'm adding your blog button right after I hit "follow" :)

    Thanks for stopping by my site, I realize now what you mean about having a serious hero complex! At least you know you'd want to be the one to save the day and take care of those who need taking care of - that is a noble goal indeed!

    Oh, following on twitter too! Looking forward to many more visits to your blog! And of course, your tweets! :)

    April @ My Shelf Confessions

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  15. That's definitely the most original answer I've heard. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a great weekend!

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  16. Thanks for the suggestions. I think I might be the only person alive that did not like "Catcher in the Rye".

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  17. Wonderful post! I like the way you think. And GWTW is a remarkable book--something all novelists and aspiring novelists should read!

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