Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: Aldrea Hammee on September 07, 2010, 07:51:27 PM
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"I wondered if-"
What do you think Rachel was about to say?
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"I wonder if everyone would still like me so much if I hadn't died."
Or do you mean whilst still in character?
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"I wonder if everyone would still like me so much if I hadn't died."
Heh heh!
I always assumed it was something like, "I wondered if it had been enough." re: being brave and strong vs saving the world.
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Perhaps she was about to wonder if there was anything after death. Although, Rachel kinda strikes me as an atheist.
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I'm pretty sure she never intended to complete that sentence. There are too many things to wonder. Why try limiting them all with words?
Anyone read R. Scott Bakker? Getting down to just the beginning of the sentence where almost everything can be described by "the"?
Sorry, that'll make no sense if you haven't read the book. I really liked it though ^_^
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Perhaps she was about to wonder if there was anything after death. Although, Rachel kinda strikes me as an atheist.
That's usually what I assume she was going to say. It's never said she was atheist, but even if she was it doesn't mean she wouldn't wonder what death was going to mean for her. I think the series in general implied that either there was no afterlife, or if there was then not even the Ellimist knew about it.
I'm pretty sure she never intended to complete that sentence. There are too many things to wonder. Why try limiting them all with words?
Very true, I think it was left openly on purpose for that reason.
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I know the issue was left out of the books, but I wonder if any of the Animorphs were religious. Maybe Jake and Rachel were raised with a 'church on sundays' upbringing (this is my limited British stereotype of 'all-American families' being put in practice here!). In an alternate world where a tv adaption is made, it would be interesting to see them deal with that a little. Morphing just after saying goodbye to the pastor? :p
/thinking out loud
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Well I believe that at least part of Jake and Rachel's family were Jewish and Ax says in #8 that Jake's family say grace before dinner.
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Aha! (you guys; totally superior knowledge of the books than me!) I wonder how they reconciled their upbringing with the war, then.
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Heh heh.. Guess it was just me that automatically assumes everyone's religious, then? :P Where do you get the Jewishness from? And yeah, church on Sundays is kind of the basis of American-Christian-Society. :dull: (hereafter known as the ACS, 'cuz I likez it. :P)
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It never says any of them attended church and none of their parents seemed religious. Also Jake never mentions saying grace in any of his books, so maybe KA changed her mind on that one?
Aha! (you guys; totally superior knowledge of the books than me!) I wonder how they reconciled their upbringing with the war, then.
lol, thanks Red, I have my moments. :)
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I feel like I should be re-re-Reading the books or at least carrying them around with me everywhere, y'all are impressive!
Also, Phoenix, not trying to hijack this thread but my iPhone is rubbish for message boards.. I was reading the member profiles, and do you work at Chester Zoo? If so, that's amazing. You basically work at The Gardens :p
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For the Jewishness, Rachel says her dad is Jewish in one of the books. Somehow the Holocaust is brought up and she gets pretty fired up while explaining it to Ax.
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Thanks Red, although I think you might be slightly exaggerating how brilliant I am, lol. I do have a good memory for things I'm interested in though. I haven't re-read them in a long time (except for Andalite Chronicles which I read last year) but I've been meaning to.
Chester Zoo? I wish! That place is awesome! I mean I'd probably get lost if I worked there, but yeah I'd love to work at a big zoo like it someday. The place I work at is much smaller and we don't have any big animals sadly. Feel free to PM me or post in http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2999.0 if you want to ask anything else.
Anyway, I think there was a topic around here somewhere... :P
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It never says any of them attended church and none of their parents seemed religious.
Eva sang in the church choir, according to #5.
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i guess i don't know how to phrase it, but i wonder if she was wondering what people would think about her. I mean, throughout a lot of the books she seems to worry that everyone else sees her as edging toward psychotic. It wouldn't surprise me if she wonders if this will further this edge or redeem her from it.
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Continuing the off-topic, but Jake at least IMPLIES his family is Jewish in Megamorphs #3, during the dystopian future bit:
"Blacks and a lot of Jews, although not in my family. My dad was a certified POE - Patriot of Empire. Still, if you had any Jewish blood in you at all, you had to be extra careful so no one thought you were a radical."
On-topic, I'm thinking it'd be something along the lines of if it was worth it, if she did the right thing. She's not normally the super deep type, but it was clear she was doubting herself at the end there, asking the Ellimist if she made a difference or not.
Also, just noticing just how long this thread's been dead. Sorry. >_>
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uh...is it wrong to post in dead ones?
anyway, i think she might have been thinking "I wonder if the Elimist meant it"
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I wonder if I did this right. Also its definitely true that jake is from some branch of christianity. Not the exact quote but from Ax "Cassie's familly is very different from Prince Jake's. Jake's familly does a religous saying before every meal."
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Jake's family is heavily implied to be at least partly Jewish: presumably on his dad's side, and most people seem to think that Rachel and Jake are related through their fathers (personally, I'd love to see the family tree drawn out that gets us there; and the evidence for it)
Besides, just because the family prays before meals-(and I think in...16, they have a meal without a pray. mute point) doesn't mean that everyone at the table is devout.
Plus other religions pray before eating too. (I assume)
I know I know. Off topic. I'll just shut up now
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uh...is it wrong to post in dead ones?
each forum has its own policies, some explicitly forbid it. i just found it odd that there was a bunch of old threads up top last time i logged in. if you have something constructive to say it probably is better to bump an old one than start a new one though.
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It never says any of them attended church and none of their parents seemed religious. Also Jake never mentions saying grace in any of his books, so maybe KA changed her mind on that one?
Cassie and her parents are Catholic. "Roman Catholic, Episcopalian or Eastern Orthodox"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassie_(Animorphs) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassie_(Animorphs))
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wikipedia probably should not say that.
It is mentioned that the family has ties to a Father. That is not a good reason to assume she is a Catholic. And I don't really recalling her praying. I mean really pray rather than Oh god no, Oh god please etc.
But again, wrong thread for this