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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...
...item so impressed one 18-year-old reader that she searched online for his name, located a Perspective article Perl-Rosenthal had written and e-mailed a Perspective editor, asking Perspective to forward her message to Perl-Rosenthal. “Flipping through the pearly-smiled, pop princess-inspired pages of Seventeen magazine, I would never have guessed (or be as impressed) to find words about an activist like you,” she wrote. Perl-Rosenthal says he corresponded with the girl, who he reports was very friendly...
...starts down the backpacking trail with equal measures of complaint and courage. Her journey is prosaic in the extreme, filled with hearty Aussie backpackers, haughty French, outwardly friendly but inscrutable native guides, beachside bars in Cambodia, beachside bars in Thailand, etc. Although Tansy enjoys it, the strongest sensation the reader is likely to get from her trip is the been there, done that ennui pervading the backpacking scene...
Although his stories uncompromisingly describe the former aspect of mortal existence, they leave the reader with a lasting sense of hope in the veracity of the latter...
Although his stories uncompromisingly describe the former aspect of mortal existence, they leave the reader with a lasting sense of hope in the veracity of the latter...