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Lessons from the Classics Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 2/3/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Throughout history certain fictional books have marked their place in times as ‘classics’, great minds passing on important messages and lessons through characters, plots and prose. Often when stories are made into films, the true message from the author is lost from interpretation, and only a story remains.

 

To find the coordinates of this cache, you must find the story that the lesson, message or interpretation comes from. There are 8 books in total, all published before 1970, and are common on any ‘must read’ list.

 

(A) A young man seeking to understand a wild beast learns through his observations of chasing the animal that knowledge is always limited, and that sometimes only surface observations are seen and that the whole can be submerged. Because of this, things and objects can take on a range of meaning, subjective to the eye of the beholder.

 

 

(B) A dark futuristic tale warning of the dangers of total communist rule and totalitarian government, in which free speech and thought is a punishable crime and your every move is under surveillance. In today's day and age of technology, monitoring and loss of privacy, when will we reach the point where this can put us in danger, or be used to oppress our every thought?

 

 

(C) Over a summer a child learns to see her father and society in a new light and learns four important lessons about life. 1. You’ll never understand someone until you put yourself in their shoes. 2. Keep fighting, even if the chips are against you. 3. The world is not a fair place. 4. Do not portray someone’s character based of rumours.

 

 

(D) In a critique of the American dream of abundance of wealth and material goods, one man obtains it all, by any means necessary. The pursuit of happiness can soon lead to the pursuit of greed and corruption. When the man dies, one learns that the most important things in life can be not what you have around you, but who you have around you.

 

(E) A story is often interpreted based on the narrative of how it is told, and sometimes the most evil acts can be described in a poetic way. Narrated by a paedophile, this book has been described as one of the most beautiful prose ever written, showing the power and danger of seductive and enchanting words used to charm.

 

(F) Living off the land can have a variety of threats and suffering, fires, droughts and hardships. However fellow humans cause one of man’s greatest woes, the ability to be able to seize ones home and land due to economic turns. However whilst land owners can take a farmers home, they cannot always take their fellowship and will to survive.

(G) Raised by his sister,, a young man acquires wealth beyond expectations – but learns that true wealth is forged at home, in loyalty, conceince and affection.

(H) It is a truth universally acknowledged that a proud man will not dance – until he meets the bright eyes of a young woman whose wit is sharper than his. Sometimes barriers to true love can be first impressions and prejudice of poor social standings.

 

Now for some simple maths… A+B+C+D+434= JKL E+F+G+H+177=MNO South 38 08. JKL East 144 21. MNO k.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1. Fcnexabgrf. 2. Guvf pnpur jnf choyvfurq va 20'14'. 3. Crccrepbea gerr. Purpxfhz: F = 35 R = 23

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)