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Jessica Merrill asked this question about The Secret History:
I'm sorry, but can someone please tell me how the eff Bunny was chosen for this class?!?! Was ANYONE else as baffled by this as I was???
Noam I think Bunny was chosen to be a foil, to make the others feel better about themselves (Charles in particular seemed to need someone to feel superior …moreI think Bunny was chosen to be a foil, to make the others feel better about themselves (Charles in particular seemed to need someone to feel superior to, since the other boys could feel superior to him), someone obnoxious enough to draw everyone's ire pretty much all the time, so that they'd never think to be frustrated with, or question, anything Julian himself did.(less)
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The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
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