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RE: Newbie questions

From: Dejan Ristanovic <dejanr~at~sezam.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 04:26:39 +0200
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

> 1- In the books I've read until now there are very few women
> and these few are always secondary characters, more or less...
> extras. Does it is so in every Verne's novel? Is there any
> woman starring in other novel?

You are right... there are even good books with no women (like the
Mysterious Island). There are a few novels where women have an important
role, like expedition Barsak (or whatever the title is), Michael Strogoff...
But Verne never wrote something like this nice typo of yours:

>> and Voyage to the center of the Heart.
>> ^^^^^

:)

>> 2- I've jumped on my seat when I've read about the behavior of
>> Ben-Zuf and the description of Verne himself about Isaac Hakabut!
>> I repeat I'm only in the middle of the book, so the situation may
>> change to the end.

It will only get worse :)

>> But why! Why does Verne is so angry against hebrews? I'm not
>> insinuating anything and I do not want any flame. My question
>> is only wonder about a anger I didn't think Verne could have...

Some will say that Verne was living and writing in the times when political
correctness was not an issue (also see some novels by Agatha Christie and
other writers). But do we live in a better time? For example I happen to
live in Serbia, and what is the cliché about Serbs in movies of the 1990s?
Bad guys, dirty, murderers of women and children... at first I was angry,
then I got used to it... Just imagine that the bad guys are not called Jews,
or Serbs, or Arabs (or whatever else) but Klingons and enjoy the show.

Sincerely,

Dejan Ristanovic
Received on Tue 09 Sep 2003 - 05:30:25 IDT

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