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David Shields’ Reality HungerPages 151-183
Matt Myers
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Chapters
r – autobio
t – ds
s – persona
u – alone
Individuality!v – it is much more important to be oneself than anything else
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What defines an individual?• Work
Writing Composing Drawing Designing
• Interests/Hobbies Sports Cars Video Games
• Criticism
• Organizations College Greek Service Jobs
• Personality Actions Words Clothes Accents
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Agree/Disagree
Does working in a group destroy individualism?
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488:
“One is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to
elucidate a more widespread human trait and make readers feel a little less
lonely and freakish.”
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494:
“The man who writes about himself and his time is the man who writes about all
people and all time.”
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499:
“What is true for you in your private heart is true for all men”
500:
“All our stories are the same.”
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Individual World
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What are universal things that people strive for?
• Happiness
• Love
• Loyalty
• Equality
• Dreams
• Acceptance
• Friendship
• Success
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535:
“…Unless a film of flesh envelops us, we die. Man
exists only insofar as he is separated from his
surroundings.”
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539:
“…Note…what it is about your work that the critics don’t like-then cultivate it. That’s the part of your work that is
individual and worth keeping.”
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