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Sittenfeld delves past stereotypes to locate universal truths and to defy readers’ expectations. As a senior, when Lee becomes sexually involved with her long-term crush, a popular class prefect, it is not he who requests secrecy, as one might expect??it is Lee. Having fantasized about this moment for three years, Lee is surprisingly uncomfortable with the outcome. This dissatisfaction with reality seems fully human and genuine...
...variations of beans and corn. As she sits in the Eliot Dining Hall, deliberately eating first a bowl of lentil soup, then a small plate of succotash, one might wonder if she has grown accustomed to this type of food. The difficulty of returning to Harvard surprises students, who expect??and are expected—to fit right back into the undergraduate lifestyle. Harvard is known for its rapid pace, as overachieving students fill their lives with extracurricular activities on top of the requisite schoolwork. “I had grown really comfortable with my life in Tanzania...
This quite possibly explains why Harvard men appear to want—no, expect??a woman who will praise them like their mothers did. I am not claiming that Harvard men have an Oedipus complex. I am simply saying that, since they think highly of themselves, they expect others to think highly of them as well. They think they deserve the best...
...walking into Sanders Theater last Thursday night for the Silk Road Ensemble’s sold-out performance knew exactly what to expect??performers and audience alike...
...expect to rebound and battle through the adversity of a loss. And a difficult loss,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “That’s what we expect??but we have to do it, you can’t just say you’re going...