| | DISCUSSION: Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo (6-30-08) |  |
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Jocelyn
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| | Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo (6-30-08) Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:57 am | |
| Totally agree.
Maria, the chaste, learned prostitute. Despite her countless sexual encounters and even her fascination with sadism, she was still a virgin – having never experienced sex in the context of love. It was also quite refreshing to read about a very intelligent and successful prostitute sans the normal morality rebuke and self-destructive attributes (alcoholism, drug addiction, etc)......
In the first few pages, Maria falls in love for the first time and experiences signs of impending womanhood (her cycle) and grieved the lost her “first love”. She craved being in love... Her innocence was squashed a bit too fast for my liking, although I felt her coping with all these seemingly inconsequential traumatic experiences almost prepared her for the blows life dealt her…. She eventually fell out of love with the thought of being in love and ended up being a lady of the night in a foreign land after being duped…
Still Maria made the most of her very unfortunate circumstance becoming a highly paid, very methodical prostitute,.driven by the goal of eventually returning to Brazil wealthy.... Totally unexpecting to, she fell in love.....Tho the ending was quite predictable, it was an intoxicating experice taking the ride with her as she explored her sexuality and embraced womanhood and falling in love.... |
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LadyFlo
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| | Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo (6-30-08) Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:26 am | |
| | candygirl wrote: | | i guess we will be discussing june book in august |
 alright oh bookworm |
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LadyFlo
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| | Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo (6-30-08) Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:32 am | |
| how well does Maria's story relate to reality nowadays. i mean we have some girl involve in prostitution for no genuine reason. whats the reason? |
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candygirl
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| | Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo (6-30-08) Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:03 pm | |
| | Jocelyn wrote: | Totally agree.
Maria, the chaste, learned prostitute. Despite her countless sexual encounters and even her fascination with sadism, she was still a virgin – having never experienced sex in the context of love. It was also quite refreshing to read about a very intelligent and successful prostitute sans the normal morality rebuke and self-destructive attributes (alcoholism, drug addiction, etc)......
In the first few pages, Maria falls in love for the first time and experiences signs of impending womanhood (her cycle) and grieved the lost her “first love”. She craved being in love... Her innocence was squashed a bit too fast for my liking, although I felt her coping with all these seemingly inconsequential traumatic experiences almost prepared her for the blows life dealt her…. She eventually fell out of love with the thought of being in love and ended up being a lady of the night in a foreign land after being duped…
Still Maria made the most of her very unfortunate circumstance becoming a highly paid, very methodical prostitute,.driven by the goal of eventually returning to Brazil wealthy.... Totally unexpecting to, she fell in love.....Tho the ending was quite predictable, it was an intoxicating experice taking the ride with her as she explored her sexuality and embraced womanhood and falling in love.... |
you are right J.
i admire the way Maria made her decision adn stuck to it..
also, its good to note that the author didnt make maria dwell on guilt and the feeling of "feeling sad for herself"
any others who have read this book yet so we can have an active discussion???
krazzy?
Flo???
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candygirl
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| | Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo (6-30-08) Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:31 pm | |
| it IS an interesting story... maybe not to you.....
but i actually felt moved just reading about her courage... her desire to make the best out of a bad situation...
how many of us can do that? when faced with a possible insurmountable problem, a lot of us fold tail and run.. or bow to the problem... cry, shift blame.... withdraw...
maria cried yes.. but after those few minutes of tears, she wiped her tears, held her held up and said " how much will you pay again?" and moved on.
i learned from that book.... that we make our own paths.....
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Geyla Queen
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| | Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo (6-30-08) Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:23 pm | |
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LadyFlo
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| | Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo (6-30-08) Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:16 am | |
| I think the first advice Maria's mom gave her was "beauty never last but fades as time goes by" implying she should use it to her advantage while she still had it. Secondly, she told her daughter once she had a wealthy man, that was ok cuz love couldn't give you want you want.
I don't get why some mothers do that. I think it a double edge thing cuz just cuz her life story was messed up doesn't mean she should accept anything and at the same time it kinda prepares youfor the hard reality of true life in the world. I think Maria wanted more from life than just going back to start her farming cuz she knew what that had in store for her just like her mother's life and she wanted something more so she took the risk. |
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| | DISCUSSION: Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo (6-30-08) | |
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at first and getting that advice from her mother 
...damn where is my book so I can qoute her...LOL
