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Book 8, Chapter 6 Summary
The narrator returns to the present as Shelly Rasmussen hands him a copy of a "manifesto" for a commune in Central California that she plans to join with her boyfriend. She asks Lyman's opinion of the idea, and he unleashes a torrent of disapproval for dope-sucking, free-loving, drug-addled, longhaired hippies and says he'd be surprised if the commune lasted six months. Although attracted to this braless woman of the 70s, he is also repelled at her lifestyle. Shelly laughs, tells him she appreciates him, and then goes about her work of typing his manuscript.
Book 8, Chapter 6 Analysis
The shift to the present time once again is an effective device for providing a bit of narrative leavening to the story of the Wards. The exchange between Lyman Ward and Shelly Rasmussen highlights the change in beliefs, mores, and behavior in just 100 years, from the Victorian period of Susan and Oliver Ward to the...
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