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The one store had bee several dozen, and the settlement had all the attributes of a flourishing resorthotels, a dancehall, cafes with neon signs, the penetrating odours of potato chips and hot dogs.Thereandsame timewarmer)tomyselfknownitswhetherwithoutPiquette,betweentoher: shewas almost invisible for me. (Recall Orwell’s “Marakech” in which darkskinned people bee invisible.)6. If it came to a choice between Grandmother Macleod and Piquette, Piquette would win hands down, nits or not.IfIrangemovedatis though it is terrible, and they accept it.fairrealizetears drythetheyseeshedthetheybitterTheirwillandchildThetoforhabitsofmayofbutcity…theof …thelivesintelligent, An artist betrays his trust when he does not admit that evil is nothing fresh nor novel and pain is very dull and uninteresting. 6.certainisabovetoas Giventhetheirsinging.overthehighOmelas.Festivalflyingsentof instead they lived unconventional lives and, by drinking and behaving indecently in many ways, they broke the moral code of the munity.5. Prohibition afforded the young the additional opportunity of making their pleasures illicit...The young people found greater pleasure in their drinking because Prohibition, by making drinking unlawful added a sense of adventure.6. ...our young men began to enlist under foreign flags.As a result, the young men began to join the armies of foreign countries to fight in the war.7. ...they “wanted to get into the fun before the whole thing turned belly up.”The young people wanted to take part in the glorious adventure before the war ended.8. ...they had outgrown towns and families...These young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their hometowns or their families.9. ...the returning veteran also had to face the sodden, Napoleonic cynicism of Versailles, the hypocritical dogoodism of Prohibition...The returning veteran also had to face the stupid cynicism of the victorious allies in Versailles who acted as cynically as Napoleon did. They had to face Prohibition which the lawmakers hypocritically assumed would be good for the people.10. Something in the tensionridden youth of America had to “give”...(Under all this force and pressure) something in the youth of America, who were already very tense, had to break down.11. ...it was only natural that hopeful young writers , their minds and pens inflamed against war, Babbittry, and “Puritanical” gentility, should flock to the traditional artistic center...It was only natural that hopeful young writers ,whose minds and writings were full of violent anger against war, Babbittry, and “Puritanical” gentility, should e in large numbers to live in Greenwich Village, the traditional artistic center.12. Each town had its “fast” set which prided itself on itself on its unconventionality...Each town was proud that it had a group of wild, reckless people, who lived unconventional lives.Lesson 6 Loving and Hating New York1. Nowadays New York is out of phase with American taste...Nowadays New Yorkers can’t understand nor follow the taste of the American people and is often in disagreement with American politics.2. New York even prides itself on being a holdout from prevailing American trends...New York now boasts that it is a city that resists the prevailing trends ( fashion, styles) of America and that it is a place where people can escape from uniformity and monness.3. ...sits cloned and canned in Hollywood, and the Johnny Carson show live, preempt the airways from California...Situation edies made in Hollywood and the live talk show by Johnny Carson are on all channels, filling the airwaves.4. ... it is making something of a eback as a tourist attraction...New York is regaining somewhat its status as a city that attracts tourists .5. To win in New York is to be uneasy...A person who wins in New York is constantly disturbed by fear and anxiety (because he is afraid of losing what he was won in the fierce petition).6. Nature’s pleasures are much qualified in New York.Being a large and crowed city with many tall buildings, etc., the chance to enjoy the pleasures of nature is very limited in New York.7. ...the city’s bright glow arrogantly obscures the heavens.At night the city of New York is aglow with lights and seems haughtily to dim the light of the stars.8. But the purity of a bohemian dedication can be exaggerated.But a pure and wholehearted devotion to a Bohemian life style can be exaggerated.9. In both these roles it ratifies more than it creates.In both these roles of banking and munications headquarters, New York starts or originates very few things but gives its stamp of app