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=//The American Fantasy // =

"Society does not want people to listen to different drummers. It establishes common fantasies to be shared by all. These are fantasies concerning women, men, blacks, gays, success, failure, sexuality, death, and life." -Malcolm Boyd, //Take Off the Masks//



"A universe of ineffable gaudiness spun itself out in his brain while the clock ticked on the washstand and the moon soaked with we light his tangled clothes upon the floor. Each night he added to the pattern of his fancies until drowsiness closed down upon some vivid scene with an oblivious embrace. For a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy's wing." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, //The Great Gatsby//



"'There it is on the rug,' the man said. I saw the rug covered with coins of all dimensions and a few crumpled bills. But what excited me, scattered here and there, were the gold pieces. 'Boys, it's all yours,' the man said. 'You get all you grab.' 'That's right Sambo,' a blond man said, winking at me confidentially. I trembled with excitement, forgetting my pain. I would get the gold and the bills, I thought. I would use both hands. I would throw my body against the boys nearest me to block them from the gold." -Ralph Ellison, // Invisible Man //

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