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@Kersti I believe that they thought that they needed to makes laws instead of fixing them, because they believed that Nollop was trying to tell them something. I don't think that the council believed that the problem would get to be this bad.

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Why did they make new laws when the letters fell off instead of just glueing the letter back on?

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"You know what amazes me? How often people start with the assumption that if the government passed a law, it must be reasonable." I think this is a very interesting quote that can be also related to our society and how if it is a law it must be right.

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Obviously Nollop wasn't controlling the letter and it was a lack of science that allowed the letters to continue to fall... why did the Council look past the science and automatically think that Nollop was controlling the falling of each letter.

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I think this is a good book to show totalitarianism in a way that isn't so dark like the other books we have read.

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Nate helped get everything started and inspired Ella to discover the sentence so in that sense he was important but he wasn't there the entire time

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Restricting someone's vocabulary is just as similar as the government restricting letters because they aren't choosing to be challenged. We don't realize that were are limiting ourselves.

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@Gino I think that Nate was only important in getting them started and helping them along. He didn’t really do much substantively for the cause. In the end, Ella discovered the sentence on accident so I don’t think that his efforts would’ve helped with it.

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@ griffin, Even though Ella and Tassie are affected by the letter Z. I think the letter Z was the least important just because its not in a lot of useful words.

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@Griff they were all just as important because when a letter like "Z" falls, Ella and Tassie show how they can no long "Zip or Zap" through writing letters, what I am trying to say is each letter is just as important as the next :)

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@kiley I think the people who left did it because it was their own way of protest. Instead of remaining and trying to complete enterprise 32, they fled because they were cowards. The people who remained, stayed because they didn't want to leave their home and they knew the only way to get rid of the government was to figure out enterprise 32

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@Gino I think they were brainwashed and cared that much about Nollop because there was not a lot of rebellious actions throughout the novel and if the people broke the rules, it was accidental most of the time.

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Replying to Molly, I believe that this book shows us how important speech is to society and when it's limited, it causes a lot of problems and can destroy a country all together.

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When people still think Nollop's sentence is still relevant... do you think they were just not caring about the modern form of communication or actually cared that much about Nollop?

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I think the reason why this book was not a good read is because it lacked a solid plot. The majority of the book is geared towards Enterprise 32, but the descriptions only rarely mention the progress compared to describing the frustration with the lack of progress. Instead of the enterprise being the focus, the relationships surrounding ella is the focus, which is not an effective story line.

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@Gino I think Nollop shows symbolism - “Love one another, push the perimeter of this glorious language. Lastly, please show proper courtesy; open not your neighbor’s mail”.
The character Nollop,  is known for making the phrase: ‘The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog”. A sign with this phrase on it was put up in the center of the island, with its letters’ slowly falling off, providing the basis for the book.

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Which letter do you think was the least important to fall?

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I think that this is a good book to read because it makes people think about what would happen if we lost our language or ability to speak.

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Why do you think some people stayed in Nollop whereas others left to become free?

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What Symbolism is shown throughout the book?

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What would the government do if they never came up with the new sentence? Would there be no one left?

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@Gino I feel like using O less was fake because it wasn't effective. The government couldn't monitor it so the citizens didn't really change anything

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How does the US government today relate to the council in LMNOP?

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What made the situation of 'using the letter "O" 25% and then 50% less' so fake?

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when certain letters were dropped, the author would write the word how it sounded.

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If Mrs. Towgate reported you would you have taken her in and helped her in her time of need without her family?

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@Kat In any time of trouble, struggle brings people together. I think we saw that through the relationships that were fostered as a result. For example, Nate and Tassie and Ella and Tom never would’ve met if not for their common goal.

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do you think that without Nate played a significant role in achieving Enterprise 32? What did he do that was significant to Enterprise 32?

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@Kersti I think the love is important in the novel because it was a way to get away from the issues going on and was kind of a safe haven for them

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@Kersti I think that these relationships were necessary to the novel because in all of the sadness that comes from the letters falling, them finding love makes the novel fell fully completed.

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People can voice their opinions as long as they are not hurting or causing violence towards others.

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@Griffin I think that they used glue to hang up the letters because they didn't think about what would happen if the letters fell off. They probably never thought that they would fall off and cause an issue.

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How important are the love relationships in the novel–for example those between Tassie and Nate and between Rory and Mittie–to the main action? How do they enhance the plot?

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Nollop

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Why did they use glue to hang the signs?

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USA

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It is hard to determine the limits of speech. Even though speech is limited it is hard to change everyone's standards.

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@Kat I don't think that anything good came from it because there was death and lots of sorrow and hate throughout the whole novel because of the decrees.

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I agree with Mrs. Vance because it is hard to determine who makes the limits that people are allowed to go with the freedom of their speech

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yAlL CaNt ComE uP wItH a 32 LeTteR sEnTencE

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This novel helped create a better awareness of language. It helps readers understand how important letters are and how laguage can affect our society in ways we never realized.

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@Kat I feel like the government didn't have any good intentions so nothing good came from it. They wanted control and that led to the citizens being lonely from lack of communication

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Why do you think the author chose to have them find the sentence in the way that they did?

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@gino Nevin Nollop is the alpha male in this story. The High Council called him "Almighty Nollop" (Dunn 54). "Omnipotent. Omniscient. Omniglorious" (56). The High Council has given him his power because they hold him in a god-like position

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I didn’t realize how many rights the nollopians lost. Their freedom of speech was completely gone

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Adam. I think that if there was a “safe zone” then the entire population would try to live in that zone to escape the threat the government has imposed.

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Do you think anything good came out of the decrees?

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@ Jaelyn I think the significance of this is that the men in this book are afraid to rebel and a lot of times women aren't shown as the strong ones in books and movies. This instance shows that men shouldn't be the only ones in the council.

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@Gino I think Ella was the protagonist, but Tassie definitely had a stronger voice and opinion as an Alpha Female. However, Ella demonstrates growth as she learns from Tassie and eventually saves their island.

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If this was happening in our society, how long would you put up with rules that made absolutely no sense?

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@jaelyn I think this was an accident by the author

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When no one can come with a 32 letter sentence for the entirety of the book

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I think the book is a series of letters because the author wanted to make it ironic since the book is about letters

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I feel like the book could have used a safe space where people could talk normally

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Which Spongebob meme is most relevant to LMNOP and why

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@Gino I think that Tassie is one of the strongest characters because she is not afraid of speaking up. I also think that she inspires Ella to speak up.

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@Gino The one of patrick hunting spongebob on the rock

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@Nadia I think that they showed that there can be sentences with 26 letters, because it shows that Nollop could've done better and that there reasoning for getting rid of letters is invalid.

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@sager
I think that the reason why this book was all written in the first person narrative was so that the reader can witness the personal and in depth struggle that the gradual restriction of speech can cause.

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Who is the Alpha Female/Male in this story?

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In the book it seems that strongest characters are women. For example, Ella and her cousin Tassie and their  mothers Gwenette and Mittie. The male characters tend to be evil like the Council members, or weak and powerless like Ella’s father Amos, What is the significance of this?

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Did Cyberhead know all along that there was a way to make a shorter sentence? If so, why did he not step in sooner?

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@Nadia I think it's because it proves that Nollop could've done way better and that it was shown as kind of a mock since he got the sentence from a book

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Why do you think the author included the part at the end where the computer generated sentences with all 26 letters?

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@Ivy I think the fear created by a totalitarian government causes people to turn on one another

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The loss of letters reaches the reader how much we take our speech for granted and how much our life could change if we had lost letters

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Having the books written as letters it change how the charters interact with each other and how the author is able  to show how the language effects the people directly

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@ Kat the irony was that it was the letters that spell Nollop and all of the letters that spell LMNOP

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@Kat I think the significance of the remaining letters had to do with Nollop and Ella because those were just about the only names/words you could say.

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@Nadia I think this book does successfully show the flaws in totalitarianism government in a very interesting way, the way the author portrayed this had never been done before.

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What is the significance of the remaining letters and the title of the book?

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@nick I think nate kinda helped start the revolution because he sparked some ideas in some of the locals heads

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@Gino I think that those letter not falling was a sort of symbol in the book. It could have been the authors choice to try to show the power of that society.

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Kat. I think that the people could not come together against the government because they did not have anything to fight with against the government.

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Why does Mark Dunn use letters for the characters to talk instead of a typical narration?

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@Griff
I totally think that it was planned for the her name to be Ella Minnow Pea and they last letter were L-M-N-O-P, this made for a greta ending to the book.

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I found it surprising that the LEB always enforced the law so quickly and no one ever got away with a slip-up. This could be attributed to neighbors turning on each other. Does this always happen in totalitarian governments? What kind of environment does a totalitarian government foster?

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This book allowed readers to realize that language can restrict the way we live their lives. I also think the letters make it a more effective way to show how their freedoms are being taken away.

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@katelyn I agree because she said that it may have happened from accident just like her dad made the sentence

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@Kat I feel that the people were unsuccessful in coming together because they had no way of keeping the government in check. They weren't able to fight against the well armed government, so they just had to conform to it.

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I agree with @Dom because I don't think the government would restore the old ways because they saw how many people were banned from the island because of their rules

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Is it a coincidence that some of the last letters were L-M-N-O-P? Considering that those letters sound just like Ella's whole name.

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Do you think it intentional that the letters for spelling Nollop are the ones that remained in tact?

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@Kersti I think Dunn wrote the letters in an epistolary fashion because it shows the different perspectives and reveals how it really impacted each character in their everyday life

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I think it was interesting how the council allowed the 32 enterprise to be set since they looked at Nollop as such a god and a higher power. I did not expect them to find a "new god" essentially

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@kat a lot of them were scared of getting punished and some tried to resist but others did not

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The letters N-O-L-P, the letters that spell out Nollop's name never fell. Do you think this was significant to the book or just coincidental? I think it was obvious that he kept LMNOP so that Ella Minnow Pea was able to send her last letter but do you think he came up with the mans name, Nollop, because it has NOLP so he never technically got rid of Nollop's name.

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@Will I think the simple idea of the letters falling makes the novel seem a lot like a fable but the punishments and power of the government create an underlying anti-authoritarian message.

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Do you agree with Ella at the end of the book when she talks about how Nollop may or may not have taken the idea from someone else?

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Do you think this satire is successful in pointing out the flaws in totalitarian governments?

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Why didn't the Nollopians all come together to resist the government?

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Do you think that Nate helped start the revolution to return Nollop to a "normal" state?

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Almost everyone in Nollop seems to be unhappy with the council's decisions but no one was able to effectively resist them, what do you think that says about the true power a totalitarianism government has?

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@Kersti i think that Dunn chose to right through letters because it showed how much the people cared: they were able to show emotion through letters

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@gino @will I agree that the first letter could have been the most difficult in a sense that it was something new. Everyone is afraid of change and this is a change that none of them would have ever expected, so it made it more difficult for them to adjust

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I think that the government in LMNOP is most closely related to the government in V for Vendetta because of the complete regulation of the people without them being totally aware in the beginning. Throughout both books, the people become more aware of the power and the government tried to take more.

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@SlickTwillis I think that the falling of the letters is what turned the story into an anti-authoritarian satire, but the story started more whimsical in the land of Nollop.

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@Kersti I think Dunn chose to write the novel through letters because it allows the audience to understand the character's feelings in a different way and it's more of a unique perspective to a novel

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I agree that the governments were the same in acting upon the characters actions but they were both very different

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Gino. I think when the first letters fall they thought of it as a game, but as more letters fell and more people became subject to the punishments they started to care a lot more about when letters fell.