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Part II: Ch. 4
What is a man? "It means being the way one ought to be... a non-being or... a being-for, a potential being, a volition, a guiding principle... You aren’t born a man, you become a man. There is no such expression as 'Be a woman!' equivalent to 'Be a man!' In our destiny, this too was written: the male defines, distinguishes; the female accommodates, shares... aspires to union, we aspired to separation”
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What is a man? "It means being the way one ought to be... a non-being or... a being-for, a potential being, a volition, a guiding principle... You aren’t born a man, you become a man. There is no such expression as 'Be a woman!' equivalent to 'Be a man!' In our destiny, this too was written: the male defines, distinguishes; the female accommodates, shares... aspires to union, we aspired to separation”
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AARON
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"Part II: Ch. 3
One kid plants an agave plant and two others drown it in bleach. So cold.
— Jun 10, 2026 11:16AM
One kid plants an agave plant and two others drown it in bleach. So cold.
AARON
is on page 132 of 1280
Part II: Ch. 2
Disparate reflections on the narrator's "pallid" and "ephebic" classmates.
— Jun 10, 2026 10:57AM
Disparate reflections on the narrator's "pallid" and "ephebic" classmates.
AARON
is on page 126 of 1280
Part II: Ch. 1
More puerile, Baudelairian thoughts on sex
— Jun 09, 2026 06:33PM
More puerile, Baudelairian thoughts on sex
AARON
is on page 119 of 1280
Ch. 12
Seeks to anatomize the shifting culture of the 1960s
— Jun 09, 2026 06:33PM
Seeks to anatomize the shifting culture of the 1960s
AARON
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Ch. 11
It's one of these: “Evidently, he didn’t know Arbus well enough (Who can claim to have ever really known him, that young man? Not even I can boast that I understood him, and perhaps I won’t succeed, right up to the last page of this book)..."
— Jun 08, 2026 12:34PM
It's one of these: “Evidently, he didn’t know Arbus well enough (Who can claim to have ever really known him, that young man? Not even I can boast that I understood him, and perhaps I won’t succeed, right up to the last page of this book)..."
AARON
is on page 103 of 1280
Ch. 10
The authors spends most of his time deconstructing compulsory education
— Jun 08, 2026 08:16AM
The authors spends most of his time deconstructing compulsory education
AARON
is on page 95 of 1280
Ch. 9
The middle class anxiety about their own identity, eager for a self-awareness and immediate knowledge of both the poor, abject "Borgotaro" or the aristocratic heir
— Jun 08, 2026 06:10AM
The middle class anxiety about their own identity, eager for a self-awareness and immediate knowledge of both the poor, abject "Borgotaro" or the aristocratic heir
AARON
is on page 90 of 1280
Ch. 8
Something about self-identity, assuming and stepping into it, cultivating it, purchasing it, rejecting it...
— Jun 06, 2026 09:44PM
Something about self-identity, assuming and stepping into it, cultivating it, purchasing it, rejecting it...
AARON
is on page 80 of 1280
Ch. 7
Teenage body insecurity and adolescent trivialities. No idea who the narrator is or who they're talking to or has in mind.
— Jun 06, 2026 09:40PM
Teenage body insecurity and adolescent trivialities. No idea who the narrator is or who they're talking to or has in mind.
AARON
is on page 74 of 1280
Ch. 6
Focuses on athletic competition as a measure of manhood making fighting, conflict an exam or evaluation in and of themselves.
— Jun 06, 2026 09:38PM
Focuses on athletic competition as a measure of manhood making fighting, conflict an exam or evaluation in and of themselves.
