> > From: "David Dunham" <david_at_...>
> > > So if we're supposed to use our knowledge
> > > of the real world it would never cross
> > >my mind to have a character die from
> > > running to deliver a message.
> >
> > So your knowledge of the real world doesn't
> include the reason the
> original Marathon run was famous?
> >
>
> Well you originally said
>.... how about the guy who ran the first marathon?
> >Delivered his message in time, then dropped dead of
> >exhaustion. Complete victory: and the protagonist
> ends up "dying".
>
> I'd agree with David that I'd not expect a character
> to drop dead on
> a complete victory for doing something that many
> thousands of people
> do every year .... the London Marathon
Which does not take place over Greek mountains, nor do
they do this after having just fought in a major
battle. So what does that have to do with it?
Like I say: does your knowledge of the real world not
include the reason the original Marathon was famous?
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