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I had to read this in high school. It was boring and kinda dumb. It would have been much better story if the main character was a genius with a bunch of alter

by csense 13y ago

I had to read this in high school. It was boring and kinda dumb. It would have been much better story if the main character was a genius with a bunch of alternate identities and he had to solve crises while keeping people from finding out who he was... Just a story about some random guy's random daydreams is really pointless.

trevelyan 13y ago
Part of the point is the emasculated nature of the modern American man. That said - I agree - anyone looking to read Thurber should skip his fiction and go right to "My Life and Hard Times" his absolutely hilarious autobiography about life growing up in Ohio around the turn of the century: http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/rvolzer/files/My%20Life%20and%20Hard%20Times.pdf http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/rvolzer/files/My%20Life%20an... The stories in it are much better than anything he wrote as fiction. University Days is wonderful. All of them are wonderful!