To: freekitty
I always felt that he was a media creation by the left, his writing didn’t do anything for me.
11 posted on
07/13/2009 8:48:28 AM PDT by
ansel12
(Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
To: ansel12
I liked Old Man and The Sea. Beyond that, he was great at imagery.
The rest, incoherent.
This makes sense, however, him being a spy. He basically hated himself, and was a miserable human being. That he’d hate his country? One follows the other.
To: ansel12
Me either and I agree. My husband did a paper on this and his liberal professor surprisenly agreed.
20 posted on
07/13/2009 9:03:10 AM PDT by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: ansel12
Well, that’s your opinion but dare I say there are millions that have an opposite view. I believe more than one or two of his books were on the best seller list.
24 posted on
07/13/2009 9:29:04 AM PDT by
fish hawk
(Lord, help us to attain knowledge and the wisdom to apply it toward your ultimate will.)
To: ansel12
I agree, I think it was a scorching case of the emperor’s new clothes.
Freegards
26 posted on
07/13/2009 9:37:32 AM PDT by
Ransomed
(Son of Ransomed Says Keep the Faith!)
To: ansel12
I never saw what was so great about his writing either.
31 posted on
07/13/2009 10:09:51 AM PDT by
kalee
(01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
To: ansel12
He revolutionized English prose. He's been endlessly imitated.
54 posted on
07/19/2009 8:35:30 PM PDT by
Borges
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