Talk:American Pastoral

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Have any other inconsistencies been found in this book? The article mentions the Weathermen quote, and I was wondering if anyone found any others. I just finished reading it, and I could swear that at the beginning of the book Zuckerman mentions the Swede intent on celebrating his fiftieth birthday before his death. At the same time, however, Zuckerman is in his sixties and attending his high school reunion. I'll admit that I was a bit confused by the chronology at the time, but if the Swede was 46 in 1973, and only met Zuckerman much later for the dinner at Vincent's (this after another marriage and other children, no less), shouldn't he have already been past 50 at the time of his death?--210.240.107.60 (talk) 05:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Swede was hoping to attend his fiftieth high school reunion, to be held one month after Zuckerman's forty-fifth. The two remain separated by five years throughout the text.144.9.56.131 (talk) 19:18, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

I find it a little ridiculous that major themes section is really just am accusation of self-plagiarism, and while the plagiarism is certainly valid, let's just call it what it is, and actually work towards really identifying the themes of this work. jordan 00:50, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

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