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Ninety Nine weeks is very surprising

Discussion by: enmanuelr on Mon, 2012-06-11 13:45 with 0 comments
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In the beginning of this short story they speak about how the family of the woodcutter was broke. Until the wood cutter met a fairy and she cut a deal with him which was for him to look for work and she'll put a silver coin in his pocket. But in the story he was being lazy and rejecting the jobs he was offered. This caused the fairy to stop giving him her benefits and he tried to get them but couldn't because of his actions. Then his daughter tried to do the same but couldn't because she never had an official job to be eligible.

The 99% are ignored

Discussion by: michaelc on Tue, 2011-12-06 14:16 with 0 comments
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In the passage “Ninety-Nine Weeks: A Fairy Tale” http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/11/21/ninety-nine-weeks-a-fairy-tale is mostly related to Occupy Wall Street in the ways of politics and protesters fight for what's right and unemployment issues. In the passage each character has a meaning to the fairy tale and how each represents a symbol as in what's going on today with Occupy Wall Street. I understand how they use ogres as the rich, fairies as in government help, foxes as protesters and the old man as a unemployed person.

Le Guin writes a creative fairy tale about Occupy Wall Street

Discussion by: evelyns on Fri, 2011-12-02 14:55 with 0 comments
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I just read a fairy tale, “Ninety-Nine Weeks: A Fairy Tale” by Ursula K. Le Guin [ http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/11/21/ninety-nine-weeks-a-fairy-tale ], I found this fairy tale to be really interesting. I like how the author was creative in writing this fairy tale because as I began reading, I had no clue it would end up with being about Occupy Wall Street.

Ninety-Nine Weeks: A Fairy Tale Response Gives Hope

Discussion by: anthonyf on Fri, 2011-12-02 14:53 with 1 comments
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I enjoyed Ursula K. Le Guin fable Ninety-Nine Weeks: A Fairy Tale [ http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/11/21/ninety-nine-weeks-a-fairy-tale ] because it really puts out the Occupy Wall Street movement in a more familiar text for readers who can’t understand that much about the dilemma going on with Wall street and the government. Le Guin truly inspires a lot of readers by putting a protest into a fairy tale. To be honest I think it was brilliant.

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