The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 13, 1976, Page Page 6, Image 6
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By HENRY GREEN
Gamecock Staff Write
"Mister God, This Is
certainly not one of t
backs. In fact, it is one <
ever read, containing
outlook.
Rarely do you find a
religion or, rather, one
not so unique as they
The book's true storj
4-year-old Anna, a rui
baker's window near a
takes Anna homo to hi
then on, Anna is a mem
Fynn reads to her, w
a slide rule.
Despite the 15 year a
think on the s;?De levf
TO UNDERSTAND
alike, the reader must
child. She is a prodigy,
of her slip stick (slic
numbers together," s
melodies on the pianc
any Mozart but it is no
at such an early age.
By CHU
Ganiecc
Editor
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Anna" is a religious 1
hose ordinary inspira
3f the most unusual boo
a somewhat unortho
i book with such uniqu
whose ideas concern in
are refereshingly des<
' begins as Fynn, the n
naway, sitting on a g?
i London dock. F'ynn, 1
s mother, where Anna
iber of Fynn's family,
rites for her, even teac
ge difference, Fynn an(
;1.
why Fynn and Anna
understand that Anna
She is "extracting roo
le rule)" before she c
>ays Fynn. She is coi
before she is 8-years
teworthy for a child to
CK CROMER
>ck Entertainment
cy is being developed
uld define the use of
in the Russell House
n.
the present policy, any
liated organization can
1.1 i 11 j* _
me Daiiroom tree of
ind have either beer or
cept hard liquor, sold
ir event by the
ment of the Golden
'he only restrictions
11 the sponsor is that the
ation must prevent
from taking alcohol
! ballroom.
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jrovides
Her id
for exai
does nol
>ook, but it is spectrin
tional paper- Anna
ks that I have want! Si
dox religious to draw
didn't w
e ideas about that is v
ig religion are he didn
-ribed. reflect;
arrator, finds we?"
ite beneath a Fynn
9 at the time, "empty
is fed. From The ide
original
hes her to use rebutta
God bee
1 Anna simply
as n
book's i
are so much as in Fj
is no ordinary reader
ts With the aid For e
;an "add two differer
nposing little inside t
-old. She isn't realizes
be composing the fam
from a]
J
There was a need 1
permanent campus facilit;
could accomodate all acl
so a multi-purpose bal]
was included in the most i
Russell House expansion
If the attendance for i
cert or lecture was expec
exceed 300 persons the
soring organization was 1
to seek a facility off cai
The ballroom can seat
1,000 persons.
THE PARQUET wood fl
quickly being destroyed ai
is only a matter of time t
it must be replaced, Tom
Russell House director,
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v v> - & ik ?flr * * ^ ** w
IJ?V' .
5 interest
eas, however, are most astor
ripie, that the color of a flov
absorb A vpllnw flnwpr ahc<
ii but yellow, which it reflect*
thinks about this: "Oh! Yel
i its real color is all the bits it
a conclusion, as Fynn exp
anf t Via t f/\l 1 m*t 1 i/tU r-? /??-? 11
c*iit nit ^cnv/w ugui wcia tdlici
/hat we saw . . . Mister God
t reflect anything back! No^
inything back, we couldn't p
goes on to say that we oft
" because he simply does not
i of comparing God to a flow
, even though it is abstract.
I to the atheist's argument ths
ause he cannot contact God m
i THE preceding illustratio
nessage is found not so mucl
nn's explanations of what sh
the riddles. Fynn interprets
xample, Anna makes a point
it churches in heaven cos' e
hemselves." Fynn ponders t
what he thinks it means. Ar
iliar idea that Heaven is fille
1 religions: Christian, Hindi
\bout Campus
For a Other damages include liol
ythat the acoustic paneling, v
tivity, costs between $250 and $6
Iroom replace, damages to table;
nlioirc fKn fVinffo r\4
CLCUL nmuo auu nit uiti to vjx
ballroom's and the loui
i con- furniture. Usually, there
ted to security.
spon- The depreciation of
:orced ballroom after a beer bla
mpus. other alcoholic even!
up to horrifying. Debris
everywhere. Normally, it
$88.20 to clean up the ball]
after a non-alcoholic e
ooris Cleaning costs can somel
nd it . double after an event v
>efore alcohol was served. After I
Otts, cleaned, the scars of the 1
said. remain
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Sffe ^ w
mynnnn y : y-. ii<4\iife'^\
j
ing religiot
lishing. Fynn tells her, religious d
;er is the color that it whether tl
3rbs every color of the synogogue,
> to the viewer. Heaven be
low is the bit it don't religious si
do want." She goes on money to |
lains: "A flower that themselves
d yellow by us because them objec
wanted everything, so The storj
w if Mister God didn't reader can
ossibly see him, could had been c
give any h
en assume God to be reader for 1
reflect anything to us. shock to th<
'er is indeed fresh and
Fynn's idea may be a FYNN I
it he does not believe in writer. He
/ith his five senses. mother's c
because th
n, the essence of this Anna. Ann;
n in Anna's statements her ideas. /
n cQifC Anno r#i* l~? * ? rnl - - 1
IV, oujro. IIIIIKI giyca II1C 1 1113 clOSt
them. . "Mister G
: "Fynn, there ain't no example, F
verybody in heaven is ?"Oo, yoi
his statement until he Some of
ina is merely restating Fynn's exj
;d with the good people "Mister Gk
i, Muslim, etc. Their enjoyable.
es in THE USE OF ale
/hich not be permitte
00 to ballroom, no excepti
? and an extreme measun
the the most part u
nges' Nonetheless, it wou
is no ballroom.
the ^ there are no res
st or the use of alcoh
t is ballroom, then an o
IS 9IIUU1U i-rr; tnnigci
costs demnity for havii
room This would pay fc
vent. costs and limit t
;imes alcohol to organic
/here can afford it or or
oeing that think alcohol is
>attle essential to the
success.
jjj^ | The Panth
I I "The Return <
| J Panther", stai
RP Sellers, Herbei
Catherine Sch?
shown at 7 p.]
p.m. Thursday
eML in the Itus!
wSaj Theatre. Peter
as Inspector Clc
sequel to "A
Dark".
? /-i w
IS UlOUgll
ifferences are superficial?it
ley worship in a church, ?
Fynn says. They are "inside
cause they have not allowed
iporficialities, such as automc
get in their way. They do n<
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ts of greed. At least, this is wha
r ends when Anna falls from a (
sympathize with Fynn's grief
ut off-cut off and not yet eight
unto in iii^; pi
her death, so that the death coi
3 reader as it is for Fynn.
S BY no means a' polished
; rambles considerably, telli
ures and his aunt's passion foi
bonk is not fir?tir?n it iiiie nn
a goes to live with F'ynn's fami
\nna dies. The book ends all tha
snce of a plot can be excusc
od, This Is Anna" has its st
'ynn's description of the Cockn
\ are 'orrible."
what Anna says is hard to un
Sanation. Yet, though much of
)d, This Is Anna" is abstract an
ohol should < |
d in the
ons. This is
b that is for
indesirable.
lri snvn tho
WW f \/ U1V
trictions on
ol in the
rganization
i $300 inlg
alcohol.
>r cleaning f
he use of
ations that
ganizations
> absolutely
program's
J
I
#
ier $
uf the Pink
rring Peter
~t Lom and
ell, will be
.1 /\
111. ana u:.iu
and Friday
sell House
Sellers stars
>useau in this #
Shot in the
ts
ft
does not matter
a mosque or a
3 themselves" in
material things,
)biles, boats, and
)t leave "bits of
I things, making
t Fynn thinks.
ree and dies. The
: "This child ... f
Fynn does not I
s to prepare the
mes as much of a *
and professional
ng us about his
r nut toffee. Also,
> plot. Fynn finds
ly. Anna presents
it quickly. ^
id, however, and ^
rong points. For
ey accent is goodderstand,
despite
the philosophy of
d lofty, the book is
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