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Monday, October 24, 2011

Denver Doldrums

Looking back in the book into one of the parts we will film for our project, i just wanted to talk about one of the most transformational "scenes" in the entire book. From the beginning of the book all the way up until denver, you can never understand the essence of Deanness, the "holy con man". from the moment that you hear him talk, you can never get his excited buzzing out of your head. at this point, i cannot even remember how i saw dean the first time i read the book, because i haven't been able to get him out of my head since i first read his insane narrative. i remember Gemma in our first class after we read this scene being as excited as me by this transformation, though we did not get that much of a chance to articulate our excitement because of the class schedule. still, there are few moments in literature which can change a huge character in the snap of your fingers like the beginning of the Denver Doldrums.

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