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Spectacular action when the red men are surprised.
chain ' ' sequence, the current was so swift and the water so cold that frequent pauses were necessary. Expert swimmers purposely lost their grip, disappeared from sight and reappeared in swirling whirlpools.
Whether the second part of Northwest Passage will be filmed depends on public reaction to the first part.
VI. SUGGESTIONS FOR ENGLISH CLASSES
1. List some of the novels that you have read that are written in the first person. Does the picture, like the novel, use Langdon Towne 's viewpoint, or is it more impersonal ?
2. Write a script for the second book of Northwest Passage as a class project, assigning the more important sequences to different groups. What changes will you be forced to make in the story?
3. Write an ending to the picture which resembles that of the book. Which do you prefer? Why wasn't the author's used?
4. Kenneth Roberts has written : "I have a theory that history can be most effectively told in the form of fiction, because only in the writing of fiction that stands the test of truth do falsities come to the surface." Can you illustrate this by direct references to Northwest Passage or other books that he has written ?
5. The Greek philosophy of tragedy held that the hero should be a figure of moderate excellence, reduced to adversity through some great human weakness or error. Does Mr. Roberts follow the classic tradition in Northwest Passage? Why did the film stop at the end of Book I?