Episode 217 Analysis of Terry Pratchett's The Last Hero

This week we're analysing last week's reading. I'll talk you through some of the references and vocabulary. I'll also put the vocabulary list below. In the first video I referred to the illustrator as Paul Kirby, which is actually not just confusion because the names sound similar. Terry's original artist who did about half of the covers of the original books was called Josh Kirby. When he passed away in 2001 Terry worked with a few authors but eventually settled on Paul Kidby,who I believe he met through the Discworld Conference and was a big fan. Vocabulary List Ticked off - slang - to anger or frustrate someone Satire - a form of humor that reshapes real life so we can laugh at it Sledge - a vehicle on sleds that is used to move people and goods through snow (Santa rides one) Lavatory - Toilet Deference - polite submission or request (so they are submitting to their age) Underpinned - to be held tightly underneath something Minstrel - a singer or song creator Scribbling - writing quickly and untidily Wince/Flinch - in the book Terry uses 'wince' which is when our face clenches in response to something we see that looks painful or worrying. I used 'flinch' in this episode is when our whole body clenches for the same reason or when we're surprised or scared. Henchman - Harry has some stupid henchmen. Henchmen are the bad guys (often not smart) who work for the really bad guy and do everything he says. Steed - the thing you're riding, usually a horse Started with humble means - he began with small or not very expensive things (in this case a shed!) Revert - to go back to a previous place, situation or state Vicinity - the area around here Marmalade - a British sort of jam made from Oranges (I'm sure we didn't invent this because we didn't have oranges in the UK for a long time (there's some disagreement about whether the first oranges arrived in the 1300's or the 1500's.) a dig on our modern world - 'a dig' is when someone tries to make fun of something or to be rude about it. Concubine - a woman who is married to a man but is not the main wife, emperors often had many concubines. Never got the hang of dying - to 'get the hang of' something means you get good at it.

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