tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post115163025955499824..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Hunting for that crucial "sense of hope"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-1151935096886056622006-07-03T08:58:00.000-05:002006-07-03T08:58:00.000-05:00I have to say that I don't get the "sense of hope"...I have to say that I don't get the "sense of hope" idea at all. When I was a child, I read for escape (traveling on the Nonestic Ocean), glamour (Glinda! the real Glinda), satisfaction (_The Swish of the Curtain_, an English book about kids putting on a theatrical show), problem-solving (Sue Barton and her nursing cases): why would I have read for "hope"? I wanted the real thing, real slap-up-bang endings, and they were right there in books. <BR/><BR/>Is the idea that if I saw that problems resolved in books, then I would believe that my childhood problems would be resolved in real life? I think kids are smarter than that.<BR/><BR/>Haven't these people heard of reading for fun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com