Extended Reading
  • Scotty 2022-09-02 20:57:11

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    When man thinks, God laughs. Thinking about too many serious issues at a young age is not necessarily a good thing. Just like the middle school student George in the movie, he thinks about some unreasonable issues all day long, such as people are always mortal, and there is no point in doing...

  • Cleve 2022-09-02 08:05:26

    We just don't dare not do homework

    The logic of George not doing homework is simple. Because people are all going to die, life is nothing, and eventually will be disillusioned. Since everything doesn't make sense, homework doesn't make sense, and if you're not happy, don't do homework. But he also knew that in a huge, meaningless...

The Art of Getting By quotes

  • Sally Howe: Do you have any friends, George ?

    George Zinavoy: I'm kind of a misanthrope. Not a choice, just a fact.

  • George Zinavoy: My favorite part of the book is how the town's layout us described from the perspective of a bee traveling from one side of town to the other. It's so visual. So, I guess what Hardy's doing is aligning his point of view not with an all-seeing God but with an insect: the tiniest, humblest creature in nature. Which is pretty Romantic.

    Ms. Herman: I think you just found your term paper, George.