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There is no novel so great that I cannot put it down. I made it through a hundred and fifty pages of “War and Peace.” I called it quits on “Moby Dick?? after the sixth chapter on the subtle complexities of whale oil. “Wuthering Heights” withered after seventy pages. “Gravity’s Rainbow” only lasted nine. I’ve accumulated a pretty impressive list of books that I’ve stopped reading. In fact, my growing...
...Green fans, reportedly men’s soccer players and Alpha Delta fraternity members, peppered uncreative criticisms (“dick??, “****sucker”) and standard chauvinist jabs directed at the women (“whores,” “sluts”) with some food-related fare, reportedly inquiring as to whether captain Frank E. Cohen '10 had a preference for bagels. They later defended the comments as a reference to his having zero games at the time, but his parents took the remark to be anti-Semitic...
Pamuk concluded his Norton lecture series with a discussion on the “secret centers” of various literary works, ranging from “Moby Dick?? to “Crime and Punishment...
...could refer to a hawk problem New York City faced not too long ago, and a polar bear on an ice floe may also have a cultural analogue. The whale, in particular, seems to also imply another question, especially when paired with a reference to “Moby Dick?? later on in the work—a question about the future of the American novel and its past. Yet Lethem offers no discernable answers, and trying to disassemble his pastiche of cultural references isn’t worth half the effort he clearly put into creating...
House: Winthrop Concentration: English Hometown: Shirley, Mass. Ideal Date: One that involves a heterosexual male. I mean, I’m not THAT picky... Best way for a guy to get your attention: Quote “Moby-Dick?? to me in honeyed tones. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Trying to get into the Bike Room. Or on the floor of the Delphic basement. Or on the floor of the Bike Room. First thing you notice about a guy: Whether he’s wearing Bean Boots. Best pick-up line: Nice shoes. Wanna make...