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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 413152" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>How much of a reader is easy child? TRhis might help.</p><p></p><p>I've been re-reading the five novels laughingly called the <em>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</em> trilogy. For those who don't know the main characters are an Englishman, Arthur Dent, and and alien researcher for the Guide, Ford Prefect. </p><p></p><p>Arthur's humour is VERY English and full of typically English sarcasm, a completely closed book to Ford. Many of the exchanges between them are funny because of Ford's complete inability to follow Arthur's sarcasm and Arthur's complete ignorance of life in the Galaxy.</p><p></p><p>A difficult child is like Ford, an alien who looks human but really doesn't understand how society works. As a result he makes all sort of social gaffs.</p><p></p><p>If you can introduce easy child to this series of books explain to him that he is like Arthur in some ways and difficult child is Ford. If he's not a reader it was originally a BBC radio serial the script of which was used as the basis for the first three books. These were made into a BBC TV series 30 years ago and there was rather good movie version released in 2005.</p><p></p><p>I think the radio play is now available as a free podcast so there are a couple of electronic versions around.</p><p></p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 413152, member: 4085"] How much of a reader is easy child? TRhis might help. I've been re-reading the five novels laughingly called the [I]Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[/I] trilogy. For those who don't know the main characters are an Englishman, Arthur Dent, and and alien researcher for the Guide, Ford Prefect. Arthur's humour is VERY English and full of typically English sarcasm, a completely closed book to Ford. Many of the exchanges between them are funny because of Ford's complete inability to follow Arthur's sarcasm and Arthur's complete ignorance of life in the Galaxy. A difficult child is like Ford, an alien who looks human but really doesn't understand how society works. As a result he makes all sort of social gaffs. If you can introduce easy child to this series of books explain to him that he is like Arthur in some ways and difficult child is Ford. If he's not a reader it was originally a BBC radio serial the script of which was used as the basis for the first three books. These were made into a BBC TV series 30 years ago and there was rather good movie version released in 2005. I think the radio play is now available as a free podcast so there are a couple of electronic versions around. Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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