Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Rogues to Riches

When I was in grade school, my favorite book was called Rogues to Riches. So when we talked about the word "rogue" in class today, the title immediately came to mind. Thanks to that book, I've understood what the word has meant for many years, but only today in class did I think about the structure of the title. It lacks parallelism. Rogues, being the two main characters, does not match Riches, being what they achieve in the end. I think a more appropriate, or at least a more parallel, title would be Rogues to Moneyed. Or something of the sort. I guess that is no where near as catchy.

1 comment:

@jefollis said...

That's the trouble with a play on words sometimes. Rags aren't Rogues. But they both start with letter R. Rogues to Royalty?