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Henry Adams
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Henry Adams

19th Century

OH MY GOODNESS. THIS WAS JUST AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SOME GUY NOBODY’S HEARD OF BEFORE NOW. HE WAS THE GRANDSON TO A PRESIDENT , AND WAS SPOILED. HE HAD EVERYTHING HE COULD POSSIBLY WANT AND JUST COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. WHAT THE HECK?? I MEAN, HE TAUGHT AT HARVARD AND THEN THOUGHT HE WAS A FAILURE. WHO CARES WHAT YOUR FREAKIN GRANDPA DID. ALTHOUGH, I WOULD BE A BIT NUTTY TOO IF MY WIFE HAD KILLED HERSELF ( THAT’S NOT IN THE BOOK … ). YEAH – HIS WIFE TOTALLY KILLED HERSELF, WHICH IS WHY 20 RANDOM YEARS ARE JUST MISSING FROM HIS BOOK. IT’S WHEN HE GOT MARRIED THEN SHE WENT ALL PSYCHO ON HIM. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING TO READ. MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE SHOWN SOME EMOTION. I HATED THAT TOO. ITS JUST BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. THERE’S NO EMOTION OR FEELINGS IN IT. COME ON. SHOW SOMETHING. WE NEED SOME INSIGHT. HOW WERE YA FEELING ?? MAYBE I’M JUST TOO USED TO MR.B. WITH THE HOW DO YOU FEEL-NESS. IN OUR LUNCH-GROUP WE CONCLUDED HENRY WISHED HE COULD HAVE BEEN A BROOKS, WHICH WAS HIS MOM’S FAMILY. THAT WAY HE’D HAVE LESS PRESSURE ON HIM TO DO THESE “GREAT” THINGS. BUT – WHAT’S GREAT FOR ONE IS CRAP FOR ANOTHER. SO YOU’RE AN ADAMS … YIPPEE FOR YOU. JUST DO YOUR BEST, DON’T PUT MORE PRESSURE ON YOURSELF. THAT’S STUPID AND YOU’LL DIE EARLIER. WELL, YOU’RE ALREADY DEAD (MR. ADAMS) SO, IT DOESN’T MATTER NOW. BUT, YOU COULD HAVE LIVED LONGER :-P ..

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American Literature

The Late 19th Century