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"Each of us must find wisdom in his own way. Mine is one way, yours another. Perhaps we each need more of what the other knows." . . . The Lonely Men
The Official Louis L'Amour Discussion Forum
 Why do some charactors stick in yor [View All],
Pistolero, 04:24 AM, 02-12-12, (0)
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ChrisEngland, 02-12-12, 07:23 AM, (1)
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Tennessee Dave, 02-12-12, 02:10 PM, (2)
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Tennessee Dave, 02-12-12, 02:14 PM, (3)
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dseanmat, 02-13-12, 06:24 AM, (4)
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Tennessee Dave
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2. "RE: Why do some charactors stick in"
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Yes, but it's the scene that "binds the characters together" for me. When I think of a certain couple of characters, it's the situation of a particular scene that I remember mostly. It's how I remember people in everyday life that I haven't seen in some years but can't quite remember them clearly. If I remember ..what happened once upon a time, run it through my mind, then I have it!
Tennessee Dave "Change is inevitable, growth is optional."
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dseanmat
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02-13-12, 06:24 AM (Pacific Time) |
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4. "RE: Why do some charactors stick in"
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LAST EDITED ON 02-13-12 AT 06:24 AM (Pacific Time)
That's a good question. I suspect that LL's ability to sculpt a three-dimensional character using words is the reason why so many of the characters resonate with us and our own life experiences, those events which sculpted us, our views, and our values.For me some of the most vivid characters are the minor ones who don't get a great many pages devoted to them but who nonetheless leave a vivid, unforgettable impression. Here are but four: 1. Old Pete Britton from Hondo: the cantankerous mascot for Company C who outlasted them all. His was the one body which wasn't mutilated by the Apaches, a gesture of respect. 2. Tash-a-tay-ey-go: the Apache killing machine from Shalako. One of the most terrifying characters in any book I've ever read. 3. Pico from Dark Canyon: a minor character whose steadfast loyalty to his boss and sense of honor leads to the best dispatching of a bad guy (in this case the reprehensible Martin Hardcastle) in literary history! 4. The Kiowa from High Lonesome: an enigmatic criminal henchman who once given the chance to display honorable heroics seizes it at great personal cost. |
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Pistolero
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02-13-12, 04:50 PM (Pacific Time) |
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6. "RE: Why do some charactors stick in"
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Yep, so many of LL's charactors, small and large, stick in your mind. I think of the Irish helper of that lady who took over her dead husband's stage station! She was one to ride the river with, in fact they both were. And it was so sad when the giant someone else mentioned sat down and was unable to get up, breathing his last breath looking out over his beautiful domain! The little girl and boy in Down the Long Hills I think it was. Yes, many, many excellent charactors! I forsee in a 100 years LL will be held a litarary genious and his stories will be regarded as classics along with Dickens and them.
Pistolero What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie?
I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky.
The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing;
Rush in and die dogs--I was a man before I was a king!
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