tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304920138891211736.post5884440799612832378..comments2024-03-24T03:34:45.200-04:00Comments on TNBBC's The Next Best Book Blog: Review: The Bee-Loud GladeTNBBC Super Modhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15153016306489908880noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304920138891211736.post-184608147012652922011-09-14T14:25:16.285-04:002011-09-14T14:25:16.285-04:00Very interesting review! Great to hear about a boo...Very interesting review! Great to hear about a book I would probably never have come across otherwise. The question of adaptation is an interesting one - although a hermit's life has always appealed to me, Finch's life on the Crane Estate sounds pretty nightmarish, particularly the part about being constantly observed. As we see from the examples of people in prison, on Death Row, in war zones or concentration camps, refugees, kidnap victims, etc., people do adapt to any situation and mostly continue to live. But adaptation is not necessarily healthy. We can survive, yes, but not always prosper. In adapting we could lose who we are and become somebody with completely different moral values. If our sanity depends on maintaining our identity, or at least a certain view of our identity, then adaptation could also endanger that rather than preserve it. Very interesting question, and sounds like an interesting book.Andrew Blackmanhttp://www.andrewblackman.netnoreply@blogger.com