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Identity & Society: Character & Consciousness in Pride and Prejudice & The Story of the Stone [红楼梦]

Identity & Society:  Character & Consciousness in Pride and Prejudice & The Story of the Stone [红楼梦] Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth. – Oscar Wilde   I. Consequence in a Story A Haunting Passage in a Brilliant Novel Cao …

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Boys in Trouble: An American Epidemic

  Boys in Trouble I WANT a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one.                              – Lord Byron, “Don Juan” For many years I have directed one-week immersion workshops in …

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Mad As Hell

We must lay down our anger, put aside our madness, end this awful distraction of our best selves.