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English teach< Bach' By Danny Powell Illusions by Richard Bach; Delacorte $6.95 Richard Bach walks a fine line betwe< and out-right blasphemy in his tale of an who travels the land selling plane ride every ten minutes, a tale which he justly The story starts out with some note J? iL' i uieu uuicuwft (Hipci, wiucu uu iiuniii: reader. In truth, the whole book is confu which is probably what Bach, aul Livingston Seagull, had in mind. Two 01 the book are probably needed for the r< sense out of it, if indeed Bach intended s it. Thn nralnHn rtf ooriKKlart rintoo (nlra niv pa viuuv vi ovt nuivo uirvv. when you come to the end of the book, so read them and try to forget that they h the story. The scribbled notes are th blasphemy Bach uses, if you so want 1 notes are are also the first dose of philo* iniprt intn vr?nr hrain When the story itself begins, you fine state of confusion. However, the confus away as you read, much like a heavj middle of the night. The key chara "messiah," is introduced as Donald Shin an old barnstormer who travels the coui rides for three dollars. The other chan messiah, is Bach himself. The two characters meet, and at one lifhn tlio nfhor ic or?H cqiic that Vw? V*nr\ Km TTIIV HIV V/IIIV1 10 U11U oujro IIIUI liv 1IC4U KJ\^\ show up. It is almost immediate friend; start, even though Richard, as he is cal book, does not know who or what he is tal Illusions can and possibly should be i New Testament of the Bible where Messiah is told. As soon as Bach ji "business" of giving airplane rides HnySSMMpppHOpHI 11 I. U_ $ \X . M y ^ ^BSBpflBlMBBSBSHBHpHBRHHEB Wrvm| pRM PB 1 iB His c LHxKfJfJM I pfi5g jgH fJ HlflaftiagiKflMM^ kjEZB33EQS33CO ers should^ love it O Mill I r I A O III UOIUI Iv HHH EiTVT! m deep philosophy unwilling messiah s for three dollars entitles Illusions. HKjPOSra 3 scribbled out on BvSHWfUulig but confuse the sing to the reader, Jior of Jonathan * three readings of iader to grasp any [ c t ? ense to be made of on more meaning !A 1J i ^KBggSntlf IflffI'lIfMMB 11 WUU1U UtJ Wise IU iave importance to |HHH[^^^^9pHill e first attempt at to call it that. The 5ophy Bach tries to i yourself a ion gradually slips jE5Qv j fog rising in the iMj^plilpKte^ttilg icter, the original L loda, a deviation of I'8* ltry selling biplane LlHI | rjl Iff ! acter, soon to be a :e, Shimoda knows expecting him to flHHHiiHHHHiiH ship from the very dously, almost as if the ci lied throughout the see some spectacle. Later king to. miracle, healing a cripple compared with the take an airplane ride, you the story of THE of his ideas from another E oins Shimoda, his The philosphy deli vert increases tremen- manual Shimoda carries I; f-nGBH ?7^ 7; gKflNffi9|| jpj S.?v>r'^-.v^-,"-- :-"-;~:/.-^Z::ivy.-_~_. 2gggjg?^||g=g^ Bp?ll8Elpl^S.1?' HsSSm^^wHE ISQiUlill?HHHHMH^W IVI CI I I I r., I t ' ^ > i o /' aati in r\ 5 IO 11 UOII I Reminders for the Adv "Perspective ? Ay| ? 1 W I ^U to this page, yc |jj^j f 1 going on around "Learning Irnnur rininrr ic Hi IIHU fT . ItJ V?' Teaching is rem just as well as yc teachers." the book really begins I best aspects of it. The handbook in its where you turn in the the same spot, a new have relevance for the in handy. A prime example is he is a messiah, questi falls road: "A ^7^ enough, they' re^ours. Sijjjjj^tijg *'r '? * 7* _ being a messiah he doe The climax of the be Shimoda dies a terribl reader will, but no at offering from the "fl before the epilogue: wrong." The state of c first opened the book rt B B^RTti tHHBmH Illusions would be ^BBattggjSra English 102 teacher wl :14?]nwFb| { linXf^mnm on term papers. The -t .,, "^--- ; ,... > within a three-hour tin - H the work may take yoi I 1- ?--?- - ; 1 1 Ti-i i owus were nocKing en masse 10 mueeu possiuie. when Shimoda performs a small The "Messiah's Har :d man in a wheelchair so he can with to understand the begin to wonder if Bach stole all without also being giv look. may have to work for ;d by the book comes from a be purer, for to unders entitled "Messiah's Handbook, to work. mmss oj^ohe scj [BH HAVING yji C7 ? unmtuv/vyrv ? ra^o 9 Q StOflJ ^ anced Soul." With phrases like: Use It or Lose It. If you turned m're forgetting that what is you is not reality. Think about nding out what you already smonstrating that you know it. tinding others that they know >u. You are all learners, doers. :o make you think, which is one of the elf is a real charm, for no matter book, even if you keep opening it to message would appear that would occasion. A book like this could come when Bach, after Shimoda tells him ons his abilities. The boon promptly rgue for your limitations, and sure " Bach discovers there is a lot about s not know about. ok comes when, as all messiahs do. e death. Bach questions why, as the lswer is readily present. The final Messiah's Handbook" comes right "Everything in this book may be onfusion the reader was in when he sturns full force with that one line, an excellent text for any sinister 10 had a liking for student suffering 145-page book can be read easily le span because of its structure, but i weeks to understand fully, if that is idbook" offers advice to those who text: "You are never given a wish en the power to make it true. You : 4 '? A tJ ii, uuwcvci . nuu ii uin luuiu never tand Illusions, you are going to have IRIAN'S' A HALL! i team's got a ailbird, a pool cleman. estgLuyon the ?tmmm - TOOAY! MJt 1IIM1 ll??l?IB