Posted by Sandy on May 27, 2001 at 23:22:28:
In Reply to: more on Flint posted by Larry on May 26, 2001 at 17:16:55:
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Larry, you quoted Nancy as saying "it is the man who makes the name." In Flint, the boy has no name and takes the name of Kettlemen (given him by the outlaw Flint). This boy, while smart, missed out of life as a child in a boarding school. He grew up and became successful financially, but lacked friends and any real life. When he changed his name to Flint, he began living as he wanted to live, and as a result, began to blossom as a human being, willing to risk his new-found life to help others in need. While his new name of Flint honored the kindness of that hard old outlaw who had taken pity on an orphan boy, it also symbolized the new-found human qualities unleashed when he focused on living life as one involved with caring and justice rather than just making money.
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