tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post1152777338535296255..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Combination Plate 3: Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Dickens' A Tale Of Two Cities, and A Matter of Justice by Charles ToddFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-13095774510013518062009-02-18T14:34:00.000-07:002009-02-18T14:34:00.000-07:00Cheryl,Yes, I agree with you. We live and die by ...Cheryl,<BR/><BR/>Yes, I agree with you. We live and die by chance, and no Deity controls what happens to us. <BR/><BR/>A hurricane struck New Orleans because the meteorological conditions were right and not because a Deity wanted to punish New Orleans or its citizens for any hypothetical transgressions. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if its great attraction for many is its philosophical underpinnings rather than its literary values.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-76013596940701049002009-02-17T18:23:00.000-07:002009-02-17T18:23:00.000-07:00I did read "The Bridge of San Luis Rey". I've got ...I did read "The Bridge of San Luis Rey". I've got to say I was completely underwhelmed by it. I didn't really feel pulled in to the lives of the people who were on the bridge, so it was hard for me to have sympathy for them. It almost felt like this story would've been better either shorter or longer than it was.<BR/> <BR/> I feel that the author did answer the question of "plan vs. chance". I think he wanted to show the randomness of what happened. I think he doesn't believe in any God behind things, and that humans have to make the best of what chance deals us. He does mention that love - remembering our love for others, and acting in love to make life better - is the only thing that matters and the only thing that makes sense in all this randomness of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com