I accidentally blusted while reading that review but am boomer than before. Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at www.macdonnellrarebooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 3:13 PM Subject: A New Year's treat for your enjoyment and edification > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0455_01CF07BC.664D45E0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > While reading about the 1938 film _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_ on = > IMDB.com, I found a review that had been posted in 2004 by a Chinese = > university student who evidently majored in the English language. The = > review is a total delight and should brighten your day, so I'm appending = > it below.=20 > ____________________________________ > I think "The adventures of Tom Sawyer" I saw is an old old movie. And I = > ever thought that it must be a specific one for children. However, I = > found out the movie nowadays also has its own particular attraction. I = > still remember that Tom's aunt and half-brother Sid have not satisfied = > with him. But Tom is real a kind of clever boy. He can often get away = > with the punishment. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the = > neighborhood boy into completing the task for him. Besides, the episode = > which is full of children love is very interesting. Tom immediately = > falls in love with Becky at the first sight who is the Judge's daughter. = > He does everything just for winning her love even he asks for "get = > engaged." Of course, it is arranged funny in the movie that he broke his = > relationship with Becky because he accidentally blusts that has been = > engaged before. Sometimes I can't help thinking about the fact how = > really mature Tom is. Also a romantic boy, right? Mentioned about = > honesty and courage. Tom indeed is a good example for all the children = > even for most of us adults. Because Tom and Huck are extremely scared = > that Injun Joe who is real the killer will attempts to seek revenge on = > them. According to Tom's sense of justice Tom decides to be the witness = > in the court. I think Tom does not want to burden the guilty consciences = > and then make up his mind to tell the truth to the town. Maybe most of = > us could not do that like Tom in the real situation. Therefore on the = > other hand, The adventures of Tom Sawyer is for all the people including = > children and adults. In this sense, Tom is our good example in the = > modern society. Although our society is boomer than before, existence of = > conscience is more necessary than before.=20 > > Guangxi University of Technology=20 > Foreign Language Department English Major Class022 > > (reviewer's name omitted--KR) > > _______________ > > I especially like the film review because it reminds me of this 1875 = > letter from a Danish fan I included in _Dear Mark Twain_: > > To > Mr. Samuel L. Clemens alias Mark Twain: > > Please to excuse that I fall with the door in the house, without first = > to begin with the usual long ribble-row. I want to become the autograph = > of the over alle the world well known Mark Twain, whose narratives so = > apt have procured me a laughter. > > If you will answer this letter, I will be very glad. Answer me what you = > will; but two words. If you not will answer me other so write only, that = > you do not like to write autographs. > > Your > Carl Jensen > Ans. > C. Jensen, custom officer > Stubbekjobing in Falster > Denmark > Europe > > Mark Twain's marginal comment: "Preserve this remarkable letter." > ___________________________________ > > Lest I seem cruelly insensitive, I'll confess that when I lived in South = > Africa many years ago, I wrote a long note in Afrikaans to the mail = > carriers that I pinned to the front door of my apartment. When an = > Afrikaner friend read that note, his uncontrollable laughter convinced = > me what I had written was not for public consumption, so I instantly = > destroyed it. I have no doubt that the syntax of my Afrikaans note was = > probably at about the same level as the syntax of the Chinese and Danish = > writers' notes. > > Happy new year to all! > > Kent Rasmussen > in sunny Southern California > > ------=_NextPart_000_0455_01CF07BC.664D45E0 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = > charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6001.18639" name=3DGENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=3D"Palatino Linotype" size=3D4> > <DIV>While reading about the 1938 film _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_ on = > > IMDB.com, I found a review that had been posted in 2004 by a Chinese = > university=20 > student who evidently majored in the English language. The review is a = > total=20 > delight and should brighten your day, so I'm appending it below. </DIV> > <DIV>____________________________________</DIV> > <P>I think "The adventures of Tom Sawyer" I saw is an old old movie. And = > I ever=20 > thought that it must be a specific one for children. However, I found = > out the=20 > movie nowadays also has its own particular attraction. I still remember = > that=20 > Tom's aunt and half-brother Sid have not satisfied with him. But Tom is = > real a=20 > kind of clever boy. He can often get away with the punishment. In a = > brilliant=20 > scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boy into completing the task = > for=20 > him. Besides, the episode which is full of children love is very = > interesting.=20 > Tom immediately falls in love with Becky at the first sight who is the = > Judge's=20 > daughter. He does everything just for winning her love even he asks for = > "get=20 > engaged." Of course, it is arranged funny in the movie that he broke his = > > relationship with Becky because he accidentally blusts that has been = > engaged=20 > before. Sometimes I can't help thinking about the fact how really mature = > Tom is.=20 > Also a romantic boy, right? Mentioned about honesty and courage. Tom = > indeed is a=20 > good example for all the children even for most of us adults. Because = > Tom and=20 > Huck are extremely scared that Injun Joe who is real the killer will = > attempts to=20 > seek revenge on them. According to Tom's sense of justice Tom decides to = > be the=20 > witness in the court. I think Tom does not want to burden the guilty = > consciences=20 > and then make up his mind to tell the truth to the town. Maybe most of = > us could=20 > not do that like Tom in the real situation. Therefore on the other hand, = > The=20 > adventures of Tom Sawyer is for all the people including children and = > adults. In=20 > this sense, Tom is our good example in the modern society. Although our = > society=20 > is boomer than before, existence of conscience is more necessary than = > before.=20 > <BR><BR>Guangxi University of Technology <BR>Foreign Language Department = > English=20 > Major Class022</P> > <P>(reviewer's name omitted--KR)</P> > <P>_______________</P> > <P>I especially like the film review because it reminds me of this=20 > 1875 letter from a Danish fan I included in _Dear Mark = > Twain_:</P><FONT=20 > lang=3DZH-TW face=3DMinionPro-Regular size=3D2><FONT lang=3DZH-TW = > face=3DMinionPro-Regular=20 > size=3D2></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>To</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>Mr. Samuel L. Clemens alias Mark=20 > Twain:</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>Please to excuse that I fall with the = > door in the=20 > house, without first to begin </FONT><FONT size=3D4>with the usual long=20 > ribble-row. I want to become the autograph of the over alle </FONT><FONT = > > size=3D4>the world well known Mark Twain, whose narratives so apt have = > procured me=20 > a </FONT><FONT size=3D4>laughter.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>If you will answer this letter, I will = > be very=20 > glad. Answer me what you will; </FONT><FONT size=3D4>but two words. If = > you not=20 > will answer me other so write only, that you do not </FONT><FONT = > size=3D4>like to=20 > write autographs.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>Your</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>Carl Jensen</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>Ans.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>C. Jensen, custom officer</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>Stubbekjobing in Falster</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>Denmark</FONT></DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D4>Europe</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT><FONT=20 > face=3DMinionPro-It size=3D1><FONT face=3DMinionPro-It size=3D1> > <DIV><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Mark Twain's marginal comment: = > "</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT=20 > lang=3DZH-TW face=3DMinionPro-Regular size=3D1><FONT lang=3DZH-TW = > face=3DMinionPro-Regular=20 > size=3D1><FONT size=3D4>Preserve this remarkable = > letter."</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT lang=3DZH-TW face=3DMinionPro-Regular size=3D1><FONT = > lang=3DZH-TW=20 > face=3DMinionPro-Regular size=3D1><FONT=20 > size=3D4>___________________________________</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Lest I seem cruelly insensitive, I'll confess that when I lived in = > South=20 > Africa many years ago, I wrote a long note in Afrikaans to the mail = > carriers=20 > that I pinned to the front door of my apartment. When an Afrikaner = > friend read=20 > that note, his uncontrollable laughter convinced me what I had written = > was not=20 > for public consumption, so I instantly destroyed it. I have no doubt = > that the=20 > syntax of my Afrikaans note was probably at about the same level as the = > syntax=20 > of the Chinese and Danish writers' notes.</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Happy new year to all!</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Kent Rasmussen</DIV> > <DIV>in sunny Southern California<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> > > ------=_NextPart_000_0455_01CF07BC.664D45E0-- > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6968 - Release Date: 01/02/14 >