Word: eustasia
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...Salinger's greatest support comes from the group that can consider themselves among the "ins," to a large degree the younger adolescents - the same readers who feld Catcher was their Bible. Holden Caulfield's in group includes himself, his sister, Gatsby, Eustasia Vye, Ring Lardner, and all youths who think themselves sensitive and oppressed. On the outside are parents, teachers, roommates, and adults in general. The exclusiveness of the Glass family is similar: creative people like professors and earnest students (exception is made, of course, for Seymour and Buddy), Mrs. Glass and all who slight super-intellegence in general...
...favorite pastime of interrupting elopements to make sure that the participants are well matched. Leonard (Reginald Owen) is a gruff and ignorant milord running off with a charming lady named Anne (Diana Wynyard). Under Mr. Latimer's hospitable roof he is surprised to meet his wife Eustasia (Billie Burke) eloping with a toothy young bachelor named Nicholas (Alan Mowbray). By the time Mr. Latimer has given both his male guests colds in the head, stolen their razors and ruined their clothes to make them ridiculous, the two couples have been reshuffled. Leonard and Nicholas have sneaked away together. Fussy...
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