Comments on: His Father’s Son — Chapter 2

By: Researcher

Researcher — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:28:14 +0000

It’s been a busy week and has taken me awhile to get around to reading this story. Oh my! What a plot line! What characters!

My younger daughter has an ocarina. It’s an interesting instrument and for all its simplicity is capable of making some intricate and beautiful music. There are many examples on Youtube.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:58:18 +0000

Oh Kareen–uh!

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:15:25 +0000

I warned you it was weird. Don’t blame me if it’s also fantastical …

By: Clark

Clark — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:58:45 +0000

#13 As in, the last remnant of the Russian royal family converts and marries into Mormonism? That would be a twist!

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:05:54 +0000

Glad to see that the author was true to life–Esther, like Parson Weems’s Washington and almost everybody in America these days, couldn’t tell a lie–instead she had that cucumber laying overnight–no telling exactly what it was laying though.

And Hawaii, “formally accepted” as a territory–thus with lying words (or are they laying words?) is imperialism turned into Christian charity.

It’s twenty years too soon–but it would be awfully nice if the unspoken surname were Romanov.

By: SilverRain

SilverRain — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:46:45 +0000

Also note the cigarettes were for women.

Men still smoked cigars?

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:05:09 +0000

I have always been told that more strong young farmers died from the flu epidemic than weak city boys because the crowds of the city expose them to more germs. It doesn’t make sense that being healthy would save him from malaria.

And why couldn’t he tell his parents about his brother? This whole story is secrets and controlling people.

By: Téa

Téa — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:16:58 +0000

I forgot to mention my amusement regarding the little packs of cigarettes, as if they somehow invalidated the cause of the war…

By: Téa

Téa — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:13:51 +0000

"She is not to see them until long after she is a mother " struck me as an interesting way to mark a sufficient passage of time. Personally, I'm not sure how well I would react to my husband having played a part in keeping secrets from me.

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:51:20 +0000

Hmmm, a Scandanavian name. That wasn’t what I was expecting. Looking forward to the plot thickening!

(As an aside, the emphasis on all the animals being purebred is an interesting insight into the time this was written).