Little Pitcher remarks on "The Kindly Ones"
Last night I was talking with my wife about The Kindly Ones, saying basically that I needed to buy it because it was going to be a long haul and I wouldn't get through it all. As I was saying something about it I heard fromt he back seat of the car, my son, say, "That's a name for the Furies."
I was astonished. I had forgotten that it was such until I read some of the reviews and was reminded, but here is my eleven year-old telling me that the Furies and the Kindly Ones were one in the same.
"Words have power, so while they were the Furies, they were called the kindly ones so they would be nicer."
And how did he come by this treasure-trove of understanding? A YA/Children's series (the first of which is destined for the silver screen soon) called Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It shows the power of myth even in today's world--it was wonderful and refreshing.
I was astonished. I had forgotten that it was such until I read some of the reviews and was reminded, but here is my eleven year-old telling me that the Furies and the Kindly Ones were one in the same.
"Words have power, so while they were the Furies, they were called the kindly ones so they would be nicer."
And how did he come by this treasure-trove of understanding? A YA/Children's series (the first of which is destined for the silver screen soon) called Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It shows the power of myth even in today's world--it was wonderful and refreshing.
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