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Hey all! I posted my response as a 'comment' on "I Am Melinda Gilbert" not a new post, but if it's better to put it in a new post let me know :) Looking forward to hear what everyone has to say! -D

I am Melinda Gilbert

First off, I hope everyone's close to finishing. Here are a few questions I thought it'd be interesting to explore, regarding the text.

1. Did this remind anyone else of Penn? Of certain frat houses at Penn? Of certain people at Penn? I feel like it must be a universal college thing, but it's still strange how it's set so close to Philadelphia and is SO reminiscent of Penn. I forget what the main walk through campus is called, but it sounded suspiciously like Locust Walk to me. =)

2. What do you think were Wolfe's main critiques of our generation?

3. How do you feel about where Charlotte ended up? How she got there? Is she an admirable character, despicable, realistic, etc.?

4. If anyone else had read any other Tom Wolfe (whose most popular work is most likely The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test), how do you think this compares?

So, let's do this!