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The Celestine Prophecy - Online Term Paper

The Celestine Prophecy

by James Redfield. More popular than The Bridges of
Madison County, more philosophical than Socrates, and it rivals onlu R.L.
Stein's Fear Street series in bad writing. It's a "novel of ideas" says Kenneth
Moyle in his very critical essay "Why I Hate ."
"A novel of ideas;" that's a good phrase for this "novel." I read it twice
during this assignment: the first time I thought he had great ideas and themes
to live by; the second time I still thought he had great ideas, but a terrible
way of presenting them. Moyle says "...for all intents and purposes, this is
not a novel but rather a New-Age manifesto..." That just about sums it up.
This is a great book for someone looking for ...

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it was a bit
confusing because he keeps encountering the same people in different situations.
Another thig is Redfield repeats himself and the insights, and I'm assuming
he does it on purpose but it gets monotonous. Moyle calls it "considerate," but
I think it's just plain repetative. The only way I got complete understanding
was to make notes and think about it a LONG TIME.
"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown aside
with great force," says Dorothy Parker. I don't feel that strongly about The
Celestine Prophecy. "I think there is indeed something to this book," as says
Moyle. I think the insights may actually have something to them. I know that
our energies (positive and negative) affect other people, things, and situations.
The insights helped me put it into a clearer perspective. Another thing that
helped me is the insight about control dramas. Although I don't really see
myself in any that Redfield talked about, I now realize that ...

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Added: 12/2/2006 08:37:31 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 436
Pages: 2

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