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I don't get it. Is it supposed to show how inhuman butlers are?
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I don't get it. Is it supposed to show how inhuman butlers are?
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>>8018118

The moral of the story is to be yourself. He wasn't himself. He thought he was, but he was lying.
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>>8018118
no
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>I don't get it
>the most entry level of books after YA
quit reading now and forever t b h, OP
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>>8018118
>The Remains of the Day
>By the author of The Remains of the Day

Really?
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>>8018273
Yes.
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The passage where he's like, "I thought I had an infinite number of chances to change but I didn't," summed up the book.

He was waiting for "When?" and the answer was "Now."
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>The Remains of the Day
>By the author of The Remains of the Day
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>>8018118

no, it isn't. how could you possibly get that out of it?

>>8018273
>>8018649

analytic a priori :-)
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it's a metaphor for the disillusionment of the current generation with their use of cellphones and so on blocking true connection and empathy.


surprised you dind't pick up on it
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>>8018118

Yep, pretty much. Good summary and analysis OP.

(Also, RotD is one of the greatest books to have been written in the past 30 years, no joke.)
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