Tim Wit Wit itibaren Kalviai 33310, Litvanya
This book was such a joy! Whimsical and eloquent, until of course an absurd, totalitarian government degrades the language of the book into inarticulate stupor. Ella Minnow Pea lives on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of the US, named after the man who wrote the sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” The residents worship Nollop for so brilliantly constructing a sentence that uses all of the letters in the alphabet. They worship language, too, and use it in the book’s initial epistles with love and glee. Then one day one of the letters falls from a plaque of the sentence in the town square. The high council takes it as a sign from Nollop that this letter can no longer be used, and they crack down accordingly. Soon the residents of Nollop are living in a totalitarian state. They cannot say what they want to say, for their coffers of permissable letters are quickly depleting. The only thing that can win them the war: devising a new sentence that puts the old one to shame. This is a fast-paced romp through the alphabet, complete with several love stories and a nice dollop of action. It serves as a reminder that our language is beautiful not for its order but for the chaos in the sheer possibilities. Loved this book!
I now why I see this book is a classic. The characters are very easy to connect to especially in adolescence. The way the book reads is just like how life can be expected as a young adult in the time period. The way the author captures some of the imagery and dramatic turns of events is absolutely stellar as well!