Wow!! That was great!!!! Thanks, Ron! Barbara Richmond, RPT somewhere near Peoria, IL PS Are you related to Mr. Bill? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:41 PM Subject: Re: The Runaway Piano (OT) > > >Literature 101 Assignment: > > > >What was the author's overall message in this story? > > Never eat the little mushrooms with the fringe. Or at least stay away from > any permanent recording media for at least a day after. > > > >Please explain how the different stages of life are represented in the text. > > I got older just reading it. I shudder to think what it did to the author. > > > >What do the characters, Mr. & Mrs. Dick, represent? > > Themselves. There was no mention of literary agents in this story unless > the Dicks are undisclosed agents, in which case they might well have > represented each other unless they were misrepresented altogether in this > story in which case they might very well sue. Did any of these characters > represent a lawyer, do you suppose? > > > >How would have Trumpel's reaction differed if he believed in an afterlife? > > He would surely have waxed philosophical, and the story would have been > much longer. All that waxing might well have enhanced his looks though, and > thus his market value, possibly saving him from the axe only to relegate > him to eternity as a decorative picture shelf just left of someone's > fireplace, possibly a literary agent's, thus sending yet another level of > confusing messages to the aging readers who plod on awaiting the elusive > punch line. > > > >Explain why the one-tusk elephant is significant. > > Ask around. Any elephant loose in an antique shop is significant, > regardless of the number of tusks - up to and including two. Note too, that > we aren't told which tusk is missing, and which is left. If the left is > missing and the right is left, then is the right tusk the right tusk to be > left, or would the left be the right to be left, which would make the right > the missing one? This information could have been given some significance > that would not only have cleared up the omission, but also somewhat > enhanced the story, possibly guaranteeing that the author would be famous > someday. At least for a while. Or not. > > I hope this helps clear up a few of the murkier symbolic aspects of this > piece. Happy reading from your old Uncle Wookie. > > Ron N > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 11/10/2003 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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