{"id":349,"date":"2011-05-24T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=349"},"modified":"2011-05-25T13:55:15","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T20:55:15","slug":"mark-reads-the-golden-compass-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2011\/05\/mark-reads-the-golden-compass-chapter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads &#8216;The Golden Compass&#8217;: Chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Georgia} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Georgia} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Georgia} li.li1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia} span.s1 {letter-spacing: 0.0px} ol.ol1 {list-style-type: decimal} -->In the second chapter of <em>The Golden Compass<\/em>, NOTHING MAKES SENSE AND EVERYTHING HURTS. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read <em>The Golden Compass<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I should really not ask a book to give me answers, because <em>The Golden Compass<\/em> just gave me more answers than I can handle. <em>what the hell did i just read<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CHAPTER TWO: THE IDEA OF NORTH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m confused. I AM SO CONFUSED, EVERYONE. I thought <em>The Book Thief<\/em> was bad about spoiling the future, but I was not even remotely prepared for what <em>The Golden Compass<\/em> just did to me. In short:<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even think I have anything to compare to this, as I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve not read a book that so submerses me in a world and then refuses to define any of it as much as this. So, a lot of what this review is going to comprise is the seemingly unending number of questions that I now have. CLEVER LIST TIME<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Questions Mark Has About <em>The Golden Compass<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 23px; line-height: 35px;\"><strong>(Inspired Solely By Chapter 2)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #444444; line-height: 24px;\"><strong>(Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you Dare Answer These)<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>What on earth is a Sub-Rector?<\/li>\n<li> Why are the Scholars given a title like that? What exactly does the position of a Scholar entail? Is that another word for something like a Professor at her college?<\/li>\n<li> LYRA HAS NO PARENTS? She was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153left among them by chance\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? So she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an orphan? What does it mean when she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s described as half-wild, half-civilized???<\/li>\n<li> Wait, cooking poppy? ISN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T THAT DRUGS. omg <em>this book is promoting drug use <\/em><strong><em>CALL THE COPS<\/em> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li> What is Anbaric Park?<\/li>\n<li> What are philosophical instruments?<\/li>\n<li> <strong>WHAT THE HELL IS DUST?<\/strong> Why is everyone <em>so<\/em> enamored with it and why won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Lord Asriel explain what it is to Lyra?<\/li>\n<li> What the HELL does this mean?: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153An entire child. Which, given the nature of Dust, is precisely the point, is it not?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M SORRY, <em>WHAT LANGUAGE ARE YOU SPEAKING<\/em><\/li>\n<li> How can there be a city in the Northern Lights? <em>this is so nonsensical <\/em><strong><em>I AM SO DEEPLY CONFUSED<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li> A city in another world? <em>Is this series about parallel universes <\/em><strong><em>i will pee my pants with joy if it is<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li> What on earth is trepanning and why was that used against Dr. Grumman to murder him?<\/li>\n<li> Who the hell are the Tartars and how do they relate to this story?<\/li>\n<li> <em>panserbj\u00c3\u00b8rne<\/em>. What??? <em>What???<\/em><\/li>\n<li> omg someone in this book is named Trelawney ARE THEY RELATED TO SYBILL.<\/li>\n<li> Ok, someone is named Palmerian Professor, so clearly the Scholars are not Professors. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE.<\/li>\n<li> Iofur Raknison, the king of Svalbard, does not have a d\u00c3\u00a6mon, so who gets one? What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the qualification?<\/li>\n<li> So the Master and the Librarian (whoever he is) tried to poison Lord Asriel <em>for a good reason?????<\/em> HOW IS POISONING SOMEONE POSSIBLY BETTER THAN <em>NOT<\/em> POISONING THEM?<\/li>\n<li> What in god\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name is a alethiometer?<\/li>\n<li> Oh lord, why is Lyra so important to this alethiometer and why will she be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153drawn in\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the drama?<\/li>\n<li> Ok, when Pullman refers to the Church, is that basically the Catholic Church in this world? How is John Calvin the Pope in this world?<\/li>\n<li> Why was the Papacy abolished <em>after<\/em> Calvin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death?<\/li>\n<li> How influential is the Magisterium in the lives of the world?<\/li>\n<li> What has the Librarian heard about the Oblation Board and why does it bring him anxiety?<\/li>\n<li> Ok, so #10 is nearly outright confirmed when the Master (named Charles!!!) explains who Barnard-Stokes is, but I want to wait to celebrate. So my question is: How many \u00e2\u20ac\u0153worlds\u00e2\u20ac\u009d exist aside the physical world and the spiritual world? The Church considers the talk of any parallel worlds aside from the normal two to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153heresy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d but did Barnard-Stokes discover that the Spiritual world isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t real, too, or that it is, but there are more <em>in addition<\/em> to that?<\/li>\n<li> Why does the Master say, of the Consistorial Court and the Oblation Board, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have forgotten [Lyra]?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Why would they not have forgotten her? Did she <em>do<\/em> something when she was younger?<\/li>\n<li> WHY MUST SHE PLAY A PART IN ALL OF THIS?<\/li>\n<li> How would Lyra have been safe \u00e2\u20ac\u0153for a little longer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d if the Master had killed her uncle? <em>What?<\/em><\/li>\n<li> <strong>WHAT THE FUCK, WHY IS LYRA GOING TO BE THE BETRAYER AND WHAT WILL SHE BETRAY<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I am so terribly confused. <em>what the hell just happened<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>(Again, to reiterate what I just said: <strong>DO NOT ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second chapter of The Golden Compass, NOTHING MAKES SENSE AND EVERYTHING HURTS. Intrigued? 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