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Sep. 26th, 2004 04:31 pmI am attempting to write a book report on Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time. Thus far, it reads like something written by a fourth-grader high on caffeine. Oh, well; we're just getting points for following the teacher's insanely strict book report format, anyways.
This teacher is obsessed with examples and quotes from the text, which brings up a slight problem: there isn't a single good quote in ToT that makes sense out of context. One of my favorite quotes from the entire series is in ToT ("Even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment."), and I'm trying to decide if I should just paraphrase, or what, because without the background info, it doesn't exactly make sense. And, of course, all of the humorous quotes make even less sense out of context, so I'm left just saying, in essence, "This is a funny book. Really! It is. Trust me!"
Also, have you ever tried to sum up a Pratchett book in four sentences? Gods, it's difficult. Pratchett books are impossible to explain to other people.
This teacher is obsessed with examples and quotes from the text, which brings up a slight problem: there isn't a single good quote in ToT that makes sense out of context. One of my favorite quotes from the entire series is in ToT ("Even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment."), and I'm trying to decide if I should just paraphrase, or what, because without the background info, it doesn't exactly make sense. And, of course, all of the humorous quotes make even less sense out of context, so I'm left just saying, in essence, "This is a funny book. Really! It is. Trust me!"
Also, have you ever tried to sum up a Pratchett book in four sentences? Gods, it's difficult. Pratchett books are impossible to explain to other people.
