TIME to meet the real country folk where else but down at the local Hiring farm
a total turn around for GABRIEL since the loss of his sheep, he has to go for others to work, it was quite a relief to have less sadness and gloom concerning wildstock.It was quite interesting to note the different characters of the country folk and to be given personalities instead of being portrayed simply as country folk but lives as we are all humans beings in this game of life , does not matter how low down the social scale we are!!! (lecture over)on with the story
Gabriel fails to find a job here so trys again, yes nearer to where Bathsheba lives, just pure coincidence I am sure!!but before he arrives at the quiet village (just persuming it is quiet my brother lives in a village and is full of life)of shotsfort he sees hayrick on fire and true to form puts the fire out Yeah Gabriel saves a day, this raises a few smirks how their lives seem to be entwined so much early on this tale
In another book reading at the moment COlD comfort farm their is much joviality at the way the farm names of REUBEN and Seth are used often at the expense of Hardy
Th e reading group discussed coincidences and how strange they can be if a certain person had not taken a certain path how different lives would have been!
It was quite a relief to meet the country folk after the drama of the previous chapters and brought a few welome chucklesso Hardy not so miserable
I must admit it was not that much of a shock when Bathsheba had been rescued by sturdy Oak although afew gasps were heard when she took off her veil and their she was!(SHOCK HORROR)
Their folllows a complete reversal of fortunes Gaberialno longer asking for a hand in marriage and is nnow in need of employment which is strangely offered by Bathsheba but THe modern day soap operas are full of coincidences and all in the one street!!!so although the romance seems to be over between the two in someways due to fate still very much together!
Sunday 24 October 2010
Sunday 17 October 2010
More tragic Hardy! 3!
I have been telling various people that we are reading and like magic their smiles disappear "OH how depressing "they mutter looking glummer and glummer by the minute! but I must admit so far we have have let out a few chuckles but i can feel the doom coming ever and ever so closer .
A few chuckles were raised as learning of!George and his son called aptly"Georges son!"just in case we were confused about parentage i presume
Being a young dog and obviously full of enthusiamand enjoyed his new found job just a little to much and one night when Gabe rial chose to sleep indoors instead of outhe awake not to the sun shining through the window but of sheep bells clanging and getting up quickly and not with the usual just five minutes more awoke to the horror of what georges son had done
HE HAD DRIVEN THE SHEEP OVER THE CLIFF TOP!
THE mood of the readers decreased as we were thinking maybe things would have been different if Gabe rial had slept outside as per usual but alot of times in life we think of "IF ONLY" stories
I have always liked Gaberieal from the start but a few people did not like his role as [PEEPING TOM BUT our hearts generally warmed to him and the fact although full of woe it was not fo him but for the sheep and the was really Good thing that Bethsheba was no longer betrothed to him as he was no longer good marriage material as this tragedy had left hin penniless!!
AS for SON OF GEORGE what was going to happen to him the only option really was to shoot him!
AS you can imagine the reading group mood was sown beat so I tried to lighten things up with the talk about a lamb i used to look after but then realised not really the subject to cheer all up as murphy my pet Lamb also become to the Grim reaper
A few chuckles were raised as learning of!George and his son called aptly"Georges son!"just in case we were confused about parentage i presume
Being a young dog and obviously full of enthusiamand enjoyed his new found job just a little to much and one night when Gabe rial chose to sleep indoors instead of outhe awake not to the sun shining through the window but of sheep bells clanging and getting up quickly and not with the usual just five minutes more awoke to the horror of what georges son had done
HE HAD DRIVEN THE SHEEP OVER THE CLIFF TOP!
THE mood of the readers decreased as we were thinking maybe things would have been different if Gabe rial had slept outside as per usual but alot of times in life we think of "IF ONLY" stories
I have always liked Gaberieal from the start but a few people did not like his role as [PEEPING TOM BUT our hearts generally warmed to him and the fact although full of woe it was not fo him but for the sheep and the was really Good thing that Bethsheba was no longer betrothed to him as he was no longer good marriage material as this tragedy had left hin penniless!!
AS for SON OF GEORGE what was going to happen to him the only option really was to shoot him!
AS you can imagine the reading group mood was sown beat so I tried to lighten things up with the talk about a lamb i used to look after but then realised not really the subject to cheer all up as murphy my pet Lamb also become to the Grim reaper
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Hardy no zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 2
AT the end of chapter 3 , quite amusing for me personally as Gabriel was trying to find out what Bathsheba name (yes we all know but he wasn't in the know ) this brought back memories of when my Dad first met my mum first met my mum in a dance hall in Toxteth but the unusual thing being my mum would not tell my dad her name , I don't think her name is to bad but still , and what is her name you may ask well i am not telling you til later on in the adventure my dad had to wait and so much you! Bethsheba play games and so does louby lou!
Oh well I digress on with the story ch.4 were he meet Gabriel as someone commented putting on his "pulling gear "on, quite amusing listening how he got himself ready and what was he going to do not just a simple "what are you doing on Sunday lets watch the sun set but ask her to marry him!!! but as we discussed last time I think fell in love BANG!!!! straight away!!
The pocket watch makes a regular appearance not 100% sure why probably something to do with time !!(HA) or how things improve with time passing and of course in farming worlds the timing of the crops etc is very important! OH well time will tell!
We discussed Gabriel's Naivety such as planning babies and all sorts of rushing in to it with eyes half closed/ open well you get the drift!
Gabriel is totally baffled and just cannot believe he has been turned down , we looked at the phrase "love is a possible strength but can also be a weakness so being love can make people very strong or in Gabriel OAK very weak like a weeping willow!
That old chestnut of class wondering who out of the two were of the higher class and of course , today we can be wherever we want in the world today very quickly in a blink of an eye but in those days not much call for easy jet!
Touchingly Bethsheba would like the trims and tassels of a wedding and the thought of everyone looking at her for that special day but not the actual living today , I myself could feel sympathy with her as being aspergic I do not cope very well with certain type of relationships especially as don't like human touch and although I think everyone dreams of a fairytale wedding in life , I know it will never happen but hey the other 60 million in our country can keep our human race chugging along!
Gabriel took this refusal of his hand very badly saying "don't have to love me but you will get to despise me"" Oh deer this statement sends a shudder through my spine i think I can look into my crystal ball and see afew more disasters befalling these two and Gabriel does not seem to be the type of character to fight for his love saying as a member of the once club saloon and only asks once!! He seems to believe most thing he is told as when told Bathsheba has 12 men after , her well, thinking their was no room for number 13 he ups and leaves oh well hope their luck improves but being hardy I will lay no bets
Oh well I digress on with the story ch.4 were he meet Gabriel as someone commented putting on his "pulling gear "on, quite amusing listening how he got himself ready and what was he going to do not just a simple "what are you doing on Sunday lets watch the sun set but ask her to marry him!!! but as we discussed last time I think fell in love BANG!!!! straight away!!
The pocket watch makes a regular appearance not 100% sure why probably something to do with time !!(HA) or how things improve with time passing and of course in farming worlds the timing of the crops etc is very important! OH well time will tell!
We discussed Gabriel's Naivety such as planning babies and all sorts of rushing in to it with eyes half closed/ open well you get the drift!
Gabriel is totally baffled and just cannot believe he has been turned down , we looked at the phrase "love is a possible strength but can also be a weakness so being love can make people very strong or in Gabriel OAK very weak like a weeping willow!
That old chestnut of class wondering who out of the two were of the higher class and of course , today we can be wherever we want in the world today very quickly in a blink of an eye but in those days not much call for easy jet!
Touchingly Bethsheba would like the trims and tassels of a wedding and the thought of everyone looking at her for that special day but not the actual living today , I myself could feel sympathy with her as being aspergic I do not cope very well with certain type of relationships especially as don't like human touch and although I think everyone dreams of a fairytale wedding in life , I know it will never happen but hey the other 60 million in our country can keep our human race chugging along!
Gabriel took this refusal of his hand very badly saying "don't have to love me but you will get to despise me"" Oh deer this statement sends a shudder through my spine i think I can look into my crystal ball and see afew more disasters befalling these two and Gabriel does not seem to be the type of character to fight for his love saying as a member of the once club saloon and only asks once!! He seems to believe most thing he is told as when told Bathsheba has 12 men after , her well, thinking their was no room for number 13 he ups and leaves oh well hope their luck improves but being hardy I will lay no bets
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