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kontextmaschine:

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also me: the reason The Giver was so well-awarded in the trade press and esteemed by your teachers even though it seemed kinda poncy to you EVEN AS a chosen one

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me: yeah?

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also me: the real payload was the emotional resonance of someone who knew he couldn\u2019t save his generation but maybe could save the next

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me: oh. thanks

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also me: yeah?

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me: yeah

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now the extra credit

And a big part of the problem with the Star Wars prequels is that decades later, George Lucas thought that \u201craising a child you\u2019re not prepared for and feeling like a failure when they turn out wrong\u201d still carried as much emotional weight as a universal theme as \u201cgrowing up and overthrowing your parents\u201d

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