lessons from Dickens
The more time I spend with the English, among the English, the more I am compelled to acknowledge Dickens's relevance to modern time and to conclude that as a people the English haven't changed much since Dickens's time. Given I love Dickens so much, it's hard to say how that cuts.
It's harder for me to make solid conclusions about Americans generally or about myself on this island full of characters. My reaction to the English I think is often like something out of Hawthorne, but that's kind of forced. I need to revisit Crevecoeur and perhaps (shudder) Tocqueville to think these things out a litle more, if only to prepare me for my return to America. In Saginaw the complete works of Dickens await me, and so I'll be able to prepare for my eventual return to England.
While I'm in Saginaw/America, I'll need to do the following things:
- go to the dentist;
- see my family;
- eat a steak sandwich;
- eat a coney dog with pickles and cheese (on a separate occasion from the steak sandwich);
- watch television (if only to remind myself of why I don't have a television);
- buy dental tape, Mitchum sensitive fragrance free deodorant, and vitamin E lotion;
- cut the grass; undertake some minor general yard work; and
- _____.
Stay ever vigilant--
/B/
It's harder for me to make solid conclusions about Americans generally or about myself on this island full of characters. My reaction to the English I think is often like something out of Hawthorne, but that's kind of forced. I need to revisit Crevecoeur and perhaps (shudder) Tocqueville to think these things out a litle more, if only to prepare me for my return to America. In Saginaw the complete works of Dickens await me, and so I'll be able to prepare for my eventual return to England.
While I'm in Saginaw/America, I'll need to do the following things:
- go to the dentist;
- see my family;
- eat a steak sandwich;
- eat a coney dog with pickles and cheese (on a separate occasion from the steak sandwich);
- watch television (if only to remind myself of why I don't have a television);
- buy dental tape, Mitchum sensitive fragrance free deodorant, and vitamin E lotion;
- cut the grass; undertake some minor general yard work; and
- _____.
Stay ever vigilant--
/B/