?Sally, Remember ¡°Key Largo¡± when Lauren Bacall tells Humphrey Bogart how to whistle: ?"
You know how to whistle, don't you??You just put your lips together and blow.¡± ?I¡¯ll have to check some files to why I used the whistle. I think it was while checking on Nigerian languages. Spellings were never the same. Clement Ogbomo, a Nigerian engineer and husband of a caretaker nearby, read my book for accuracy. The errors he found were more in English punctuation, so cheers for Nigerian educators who teach strict grammar.
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On Aug 9, 2021, at 9:49 AM, Sally Stier <
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Objective correlative
The whistle
I have always taught my students not to ¡°force a confession out of the poem.¡± But that¡¯s what I do. ?I can¡¯t help myself. ?When a writer uses a specific object (the afghan) several times, she wants to convey a secret message to the few who will get it. I did not get the ¡°whistle¡± but I know it is there. So I cheat. ?I research. Sure enough!
There is a certain moral in the story it is:?hat one should not sacrifice or spend too much of their time or money on things that are not worth it. "if you need me just blow the whistle and i'll come to you".
The Whistle, a Letter by Benjamin Franklin. ... An illustration for the story?The Whistle?by the author Benjamin Franklin. TO MADAME BRILLON.
