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Questions regarding the meaning of certain terms or phrases used in a work of literature. If your question concerns the symbolic significance of something whose surface meaning is clear, use the [symbolism] tag instead. Please add specific tags as well: for the author (if known), the language (if not English), and either the work itself (if long) or the [poetry] or [short-stories] tags for short works.
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Meaning of "Rejection of something FOR something else" in Stoner by John Williams
In this paragraph of Stoner by John Williams:
Walker nodded and began swiftly to speak. "I intend to trace Shelley's
first rejection of Godwinian necessitarianism for a more or less
Platonic ideal, i …
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Meaning of "never taken not being shot at for granted" in "Dream Catcher" by Margaret Salinger
I'm reading the memoir Dream Catcher by Margaret Salinger (daughter of J. D. Salinger). In this paragraph I have some difficulties:
While the war was often in the foreground of our family life, it wa …
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What is the "theoretical" side of love in "Elizabeth Finch" by Julian Barnes?
I'm reading Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes. In this paragraph I have some difficulties:
What is "theoretical" side of love? Is it related to being "conscious" in loving someone?
In "It is far root …
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Meaning of "timing ones run and sprinting" in "The Sellout" by Paul Beatty
I'm reading The Sellout by Paul Beatty. In this paragraph I have some difficulties:
Facing north, I timed my run and sprinted between a speeding Maserati and two teenagers in a birthday BMW convertib …
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Meaning of "thumb-sucking charges" in The Sellout by Paul Beatty
In this paragraph I can't understand the meaning of "thumb-sucking charges" in this paragraph:
Ample bosoms first, she hops the rail, bogarts her way past the cops,
and bolts toward me, her thumb-sucking …
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Slang way of writing in "The Sellout" by Paul Beatty
I'm reading The Sellout by Paul Beatty. In the following paragraph, the last sentence is written in slang:
"Buckwheat, I dun tol’ yo’ pappy, I ain’t takin’ care uh nun ob hiz odder chil’ren!"
As I can …
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Instructive contrast in Elizabeth Finch By Julian Barnes
What is meant by "instructive contrast" in the following context from "Elizabeth Finch" by Julian Barnes:
The headline read ‘CRAZY LADY’ PROF CLAIMS ROMAN EMPERORS RUINED OUR
SEX LIFE. You can easily …
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"if it means that" in "Elizabeth Finch" by Julian Barnes
I'm reading Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes. In this paragraph I have some difficulties:
We all pursue what we think is best for us, even if it
means our extinction. Sometimes, especially if it mean …
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"Protein suckers attached to the teleology" in Andrew's Brain by E. L. Doctorow
Does anyone know its meaning? …
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"Specializing in someone" in "Elizabeth Finch" By Julian Barnes
What is meant by "specialised in either the unattainable or the undesirable" in the following context from "Elizabeth Finch" by Julian Barnes:
‘EF wasn’t like that. She’d give you the conclusion but
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Odd joke about Monorchid in Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes
Here, in the following context from Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes, E.F. is talking about "Mono"s, The last bolded sentence about "monorchid" seems to be an odd joke, but I don't get it. Because the …
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Usage of "terrible" and "awful" in The Catcher in the Rye
In the begining paragraph in chapter 3 of The Catcher in the Rye, Here:
I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If
I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and so …
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Meaning of "Not me" in The Catcher in the Rye
In Chapter 20 of The Catcher in the Rye:
-Why don't you go home, Mac? How old are you, anyway?"
-"Eighty-six. Listen. Give her my compliments. Okay?"
-"Why don't you go home, Mac?"
-"Not me. Boy, yo …
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Meaning of "Going back to one's Tribal Caves" in Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet
In Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, what does Gould mean by "go back in their Tribal Caves"?
Here:
“Yes, and you get ready, now: you get ready ’cause they’re going to
plot, they’re going to plot against you . …
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Meaning of "anticipated cosmetic collapse" in Andrew's Brain by E. L. Doctorow
In Andrew's Brain by E. L. Doctorow:
There were a lot of western blondes at the college but mostly of the
blaringly self-indicative kind, with an empty-headedness or cunning
about them, or perhaps t …