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[ratherthannora]

Haha, facebook is so delightful sometimes.  I just logged on and found out about an article written in the NYT about St. John's, and by virtue of how in depth and varied all the status responses are don't even feel inclined to read it, because I feel I know everything I will like and dislike about it.  My friend Emma wrote the best one by far, and

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[emmaone]

awwww nora :D

if you get a chance i was wondering what you wrote your sessay about since im also gonna write on w&p, i remember you talking about three levels of compatibility btwn people but that's all i got from the ol'brain box

[ratherthannora]

Emma emma emma!!!!

Your comment made me snort with laughter. I remember having that levels of compatibility conversation on my bed at 64 md! I am currently sleeping under the tapestry that used to be next to my bed, which smells distinctly like that room and makes me feel all nostalgic and comforted.

Yesm I did write on W&P and I am THRILLED that you are writing on W&P! What I mostly wrote about was Pierre's quest for peace, the necessity of suffering, experiencing privation, and experiencing in some form or another the horror of death in order to free the mind and find peace akin to Pierre's..yada yada.

What's your angle?

[emmaone]

that room has been saul's room since the spring but i still call it your room even two years later, you left a lot of spirit in there :D

[ratherthannora]

That's almost exactly along the lines of my paper. Deeelightful :) I'm so excited to talk Johnny again! Here goes: I guess you would have to start by defining happiness, as in, should true happiness be finite, and is there ever evidence of unending happiness in that book, or in any corner of humanity? Pierre experiences great peace in the POW camp, and then great happiness upon being released and finding Natasha, and still the epilogue details that their love is that of passion with predictable ups and downs and desperation and insecurity and all of that hogwash.

How do YOU define happiness, Emma?

Hooray! I still got it.