Reading Dave Eggers’ “Your Fathers”: Room 53—Christ

Room 53: Aggravation, Christ, and Congress [see previous post on the West]

—I saved you for last because you were the only one Thomas saw as a mentor and I think you complete the religious imagery that is there abut would have been more there if Eggers was religious and had a more religious agenda.

—I understand, son.
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Reading Dave Eggers’ “Your Fathers”: Room 48–The West

Room48: Cannons, The West, and Dream Girls [see previous post on radicalization]

—I can see why you looked like his dream girl.

—Thanks?

—Not hitting on you. Just saying you’re an important character, an embodiment of an ideal.
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Reading Dave Eggers’ “Your Fathers”: Room 60–Conspiracies

Room 60: Conspiracies, Bureucracies, and Hospital Mgt.
[see previous post on illiterate law enforcement]

—I brought you in for a topic that frustrates me as much as it does the protagonist.

—Fair enough.
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