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Louis L’Amour Quotes

Respond to one or more of the following quotations. What do you think the message is? What connections can you make? How does it relate to the novel, if at all?

“To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.”

“For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.”

“Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.”

“Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter of him.”

Hi it is Couper Myers from 1st period again! I think what he means in the last quote is when your scared it must be bad so you see bad things. Which makes a better fighter as in emotional wise because of the things seen. I honestly can't make a personal connection but I can make one from the book. Like when Hardy was with the Grizzly or being held up by Cal. He was scared but I don't think it could have been a strong kind of scared considering all the things he has seen along the way.

Dylan Claybaugh pd.5, The third quote means that when you share knowledge with others, it will increase in quantity and also in value. In the story, Hardy learning things from his father is an example of the quote in action. Once Hardy learns about surviving in the wilderness, he is able to live against all odds; and I am sure that Scott Collins would say that the knowledge increased in value when it was given to Hardy.

Michael Dingess here from period 7, and I'm thinking the second quote means something like that if you read or write books you can see an unlimited amount of people go through their lives even if the book is fiction. You can also basically create lives if you write a book and these people's lives can come from any period in time you want. This is very good motivation if you are trying to pursuade someone into writing books.