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Because of the vivid imagery and poetic prose, Stoner kept me riveted. Though made to read it, John William's use of grammar "spread out from itself" and truly " supporting human thought" and experience, however fictional (27). The language and style mimicked that of Stoner's era, transporting the reader to his time; the plot mimicked that of Gabriel Marquez, depicting a life in a rather non-spectacular way, and by that, making it spectacular. The two create a dynamic effect, making the novel unique and, well, novel. Hard to compare to any other book, Stoner forces remembrance and respect, if not applause for the mixture of history and humanity into a few hundred pages. It represents a lifetime, and not just that of Stoner's, but of a community. …show more content…
Until the last couple pages it goes almost entirely disregarded and only then seriously contemplated. Similarly, as a senior, I wonder how I will create my legacy, though I have never cared before. Not necessarily a driving force in Stoner's life, the entire novel being written as an expose of it had me hard-pressed not to think about it. What will be my obscure book on Renaissance influences on English? My horrendous Transcendentalist puns? Or my loud mouth even just one teacher remembers? What will be that "small part of [me] that [I can] not deny [is here], and would be

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