tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816152150733182557.post7056211416773193195..comments2015-09-21T00:12:15.208-07:00Comments on Spanish Springs Book Group: The Pillars of the EarthSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432035940956042729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816152150733182557.post-41797283911098157722010-04-12T06:18:02.604-07:002010-04-12T06:18:02.604-07:00Thanks, Sharon, for the overview. I always admire...Thanks, Sharon, for the overview. I always admire how you're able to so accurately and vividly recount our meetings and the books we've read. I really like your adding our reading list to the blog.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />LeslieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816152150733182557.post-65324067271230240582010-03-14T11:50:11.501-07:002010-03-14T11:50:11.501-07:00I think you summed up our discussion pretty well. ...I think you summed up our discussion pretty well. Our biggest problem was the use of language. It was not authentic. Again, something we thought was deliberate on his part.<br />We also discussed how the characters lacked the capacity for higher intellectual and spiritual pursuits. The conclusion by all of us was that since they were so busy surviving, i.e. finding food, shelter and protection, they had no time to pursue anything else.<br />In the introduction Follett apologizes for Prior Phillip's lack of deep spirituality, citing that since he was an atheist he did not dwell on such things. We agreed that a writer cannot write what he does not know.<br />Perhaps that was why his use of language was so modern? He didn't take the time to study and research language use in the 13th century?<br />Just a thought.Lucinoreply@blogger.com