Ask for help!!! Hello, this is my first entry, and great to meet you through the Inthernet! Actually, I am reading The Silence of the Lambs now(OH,I LOVE THE MOVIE!). As a non-native English learner, I'd say it's not that easy. It is not grammar or words that disturb me much. What reallly drives me a little crazy is the inside information, some cultural ones,especially. For example, the epigraph quotes two sentence, one is from Corinthians, and the other is by John Donne. Well, I know what those words in both sentences mean but as it has different grammar rules, I can't make sense of it's meaning as a sentence, let alone the cultural meaning behind them. It is just like missing some most marvellous secenary during a trip. And I also have some trouble telling difference between similar words, like "cleverness" and "intelligence" in this sentence "there was a peculiar cleverness in Crawford, aside from his intelligence". I think this sentence seem to tell that cleverness is superior to intelligence. So, I think I'd better ask someone for help during the reading process or find a place where people discuss the book. Don't know whether in italk I can find a reading partner or not, contact me through message if you happen to be reading or have read this novel and would like to share with me some understanding or save me out form confusion. I would appreciate it much !!! AND, as a Chinese, if you have any promble reading Chinese stories or so, I will be glad to offer help. p.s. DO YOU HAVE SOME OTHER APPS OR WEBSITES RECOMMENDATION THAT CAN SOLVE MY PROBLEM, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU KINDNESS!