Pobby and Dingan

"The secret of an opal's color lies not in its substance but in its absences."

Great discussions this week about symbolism in Pobby and Dingan! More deep questions about the book (and the power of imagination) to come next week. Until then, you might find some of these book reviews interesting:

http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/2011/04/pobby-and-dingan.html

http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/05/reviews/001105.05gilest.html

And this is a Prezi that discusses the format of the novel using a common method of "The Hero's Journey" that was first introduced by author Joseph Campbell:

https://prezi.com/bbrvamfagvvs/pobby-and-dingan-a-heros-journey/