Sounds and Echoes
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Sounds and Echoes
The Prince exclaims: "I'll change Echoland. [...] Sound, Echo, Mongrel - all human beings will be equal!"
Would you agree that this is perhaps the most important lesson the novel teaches both children and adults?
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I agree it was the most important lesson. That was why I liked Harmonia and the Harmonies which accepted all no matter their race.
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It's such a shame that in this day and age we still have to deal with racism.
I agree with you that racism is the most important lesson that can be taken from the book. We are all equal despite our differences in skin colour or otherwise.
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I definitly found the two worlds descriptions of the half Echo/ half Sounds to be interesting and very fitting! It's amazing how one word (Mongrel vs Harmony) can paint such a different picture.
And side note: Nicholas aka Frankenstein was the one who said the line about all will be equal - not the prince. It was one of my highlights
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Other than that, to answer your question: yes. It’s important and he manages to do it. So kudos to the Prince.
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"Here we do not think that see-through skin is truthful because it lets you see the person inside, or that solid skin is wiser because it shuts out prying eyes. We do not think that dark skin is fairer, or fair skin is finer. We do not think of skin at all. We simply live in it, and let live in it."
I think the author phrased that beautifully.
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I agree! Well said.Kro92813 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2019, 22:48 I dont think a lot of young adults will pick up on the "anti-racism" message, but adults definitly will. It's kind of like rewatching a movie from your childhood to find all the adult humor that flew over your head when you were little!
I definitly found the two worlds descriptions of the half Echo/ half Sounds to be interesting and very fitting! It's amazing how one word (Mongrel vs Harmony) can paint such a different picture.
And side note: Nicholas aka Frankenstein was the one who said the line about all will be equal - not the prince. It was one of my highlights
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I never thought of it that way but it has its merit. For fantasy to be an allegory and all that. I guess I am more superficial while reading fantasy and enjoying that genre. The world-building is a centre of every fantasy novel and it is a reason to make it or break it.Nisha Ward wrote: ↑12 Sep 2019, 07:30 There's a school of thought that good fantasy is an allegory for the real world. I'm not sure if I agree with that or not but allegory definitely plays a role here with the situation of the Sounds and the Echoes. It's clear that the author sets up Harmonia as the ideal to be achieved, a place where Sounds, Echoes and all combinations of both are equal. It drives home an anti-racism message perfectly as it doesn't just stop at ending discrimination but promotes a life of equality and equity.
I always applaud the smart & meaningful writing but feel that younger audience sadly will not get it.
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