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That he has been termed a “classic?? of American literature is a reflection of this ability to sum up or generalize the collective consciousness of his readers. That this method works, however, suggests the declining individuality of modern Americans. Today’s average American reader watches the same television, reads the same novels and holds roughly the same outlook on the outside world as his suburban nextdoor neighbor. The reader empathizes with Ford’s characters because their fictional lives are as generic and homogeneous...
Gentlemen: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy—or even the integrity—of the “classic?? exam period editorial, “Beating the System,” you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called “Donald Carswell ’50” of being rather one of Us—the Bad Guys—than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell’s advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes...
...read about the opening of a new Loews theater in Boston Common, I immediately grabbed a friend and made my way down to Park Street. In overall structure, the new theater certainly hits much closer to home: There’s 19 huge theaters, posters of “classic?? films on the walls and for those sad souls who decide to see Corky Romano this weekend, well, there’s also a bar on the second floor. But despite all its overall grandeur and luxury, the theater still evokes a hollow feeling. Like my pyramid...
Gentlemen: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy—or even the integrity—of the “classic?? exam period editorial, “Beating the System,” you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called “Donald Carswell ’50” of being rather one of Us—the Bad Guys—than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell’s advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes...
Gentlemen: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy—or even the integrity—of the “classic?? exam period editorial, “Beating the System,” you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called “Donald Carswell ’50” of being rather one of Us—the Bad Guys—than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell’s advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes...