Rebel in the Rye Page #3

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I let women

audit my classes.

Hopefully, the rest

of the university

will soon follow suit.

Alright, now,

I read this passage

in as dull a voice

as I could possibly muster

and yet you were

still all engaged

by the passage. Why?

Because the events

of the story

were compelling

thematically layered,

and dramatic.

Now, of course,

Faulkner is famous

for his voice,

with its unique,

regional style.

And so therefore,

even the non-writer thinks

that they love Faulkner

but in fact it is

the events of the story

the attempted suicide,

the beating

that draws us in.

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And then Faulkner

uses his voice

to make the story

uniquely his own.

[whispering]

Does that make sense?

For our next class,

I want you all to write

a five-page story.

Ask yourselves,

if I were to read

this in a monotone

would I still keep

the class' attention?

Okay, well, I'm really

not going to do any better

than that today.

So, that's it, you can use

the rest of the time

to write your story,

or masturbate.

Just try not to confuse

the former

with the latter.

God knows,

there is many an author

who has failed

at that very task.

Have a good weekend.

See you later, children.

The one good thing

about being stuck

in a nut house

is everyone here

is in the same

lousy shape as I am.

Truth be told, I never

really fit in anywhere

in the whole

goddamned world.

Uptown, I was a Jew.

Downtown, I was a square.

But on occasion,

I could fool the girls

into thinking

I was

Clark Gable's cousin.

Bravo! Bravo!

Keep giving 'em hell,

Ernie!

You know what,

I actually think

'cause I love how much

it pisses my father off.

That's hilarious.

You need to go with that.

You should write

your story about that.

Nah.

- You got your watch on?

- Yes. Why?

Because you need to give

that girl the time.

Yes, I do.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- So, you like jazz?

- What do you think?

So, um, what do you do

most of the time

on weekends?

I don't know. What do you

do most of the time

on weekends?

This and that.

This and that?

I know that's code

for sowing your wild oats.

[laughing]

"Sow your wild oats?"

I'm sorry.

I don't follow.

Oh, please.

Chase around.

Joe College.

Sow the wild oats?

"I don't think

I get your drift."

"You know, chase around.

Joe College."

Suddenly, from the

other side of the room

a small blond

shrieked with laughter.

Yes. It was very good.

Your voice was present

and entertaining

but it helped

tell the story,

it didn't become it.

I -- I felt it,

you know, I could tell

when something I wrote

was too clever.

- Was it true?

- Hmm, some of it.

Some, I made up.

Well, you know

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