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which character throughout the book had the most affect on David's life and who he grew up to be?

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I had some mixed feelings about the book. First off I felt like I was having a hard time relating to some of the things that the character would do and say because I am probably as much opposite as you can get from David. on the other had I did feel like some of the predicaments and situations that he got into were comical because they seemed to be extremely out of the ordinary and something I could never see myself having to deal with.

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Overall I found the book very enjoyable. It was a pleasant surprise to be honest. I frequently read sci-fi or fantasy books and never tried anything different. I really liked the variety in stories and the consistent humor throughout the book. The weird random 4 page chapters that brought no actual substance to the book beyond making you laugh were great! I would highly recommend this book.

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My final thoughts are that I really enjoyed the book. I haven't read a book I liked this much in a while, so I was excited to keep reading. Through each little story, we learned a little bit more about David, and why he was a comedian and his life process. This is the first memoir I have read, and I really enjoyed the style. Given I have a short attention span, this style mixed with the short stories seemed to really make the book interesting. Glad I chose it!

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Why did David choose to end the book at that time?

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What are the way Sedaris mocks himself as an artist?

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Why does David include the strange diary entries towards the end of the book?

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Why did David’s Parents have Paul after the rest of the kids? David mentions that him and his siblings were in high school or graduated by the time Paul came into the picture.

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David often writes about the contrast in his parents to the point of his Dad liking dogs and his mother cats. What about his mother do you think Lou Sedaris (His dad) loves so much? (this is a bit of a call back question to earlier in the book)

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Why does David hate Americans?

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Why does the author use so many stories and situations from Hugh and David’s childhood to compare their differences?

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Could David have Dissociative identity disorder? At the end of "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" David mentions he sometimes uses Hugh's stories of his own childhood as if David's own. Is this a hint that he's creating new personalities or is he simply wishing he had had a more interesting childhood?

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Why did David get into the French language.

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What is the gibberish on page 170 meant to show?

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What is the meaning of the deux on page 151? Why is it there?

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Do you think adding drugs to the story could show a life lesson to the readers?

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The story jumps from David teaching at an art college to him living in New York and working for a moving company. What happened as a teacher that caused him to leave his job?

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Why was there a whole chapter all about David having a panic attack over a humongous turd stuck in a toilet? It seemed very out of place. Almost every other chapter had meaning towards something, and then this one is dropped in and makes no sense.

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Why was the servant job that he got in New York low paying?

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do you think that David wants help in life and do you think that he could use a role model to help guide him into becoming the best he can be

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What Perspective is the Author using and if there was different perspective, how would it change the book?

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what was the main reason for David getting into drugs? do you think it was really to stay awake or do you think that when he was high it was an escape from dealing with the fact that he really had no idea who he felt he was supposed to be.

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Q: Why would Sedaris accept a job at a college without prior experience as a teacher?
Eli and I discussed that it could be to show his resilience towards his dad and also show that he's now better; he's "won" almost. We found that at the bottom of page 83 and at the top of 84 Sedaris says "are you talking about Mr. Sedaris the retired man living in North Carolina, or Mr. Sedaris the distinguished academic?".

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Will there be any significance to David’s first boyfriend later on in the story, or was he just brought up to represent a change in David’s life?
Ian and I discussed that David's "then-boyfriend" will have something important tied to it in the later half of the book. We reread the chapter and it just said that David didn't formally break up or anything, just stopped talking about having a boyfriend. What are your thoughts?

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Does catering to other people's ideas weigh David down (from anything that we can see)?

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i wonder how sedaris would've turned out if he had a better relationship with his father-- would he have still gone to art school and gotten into drugs? would he have tried harder at guitar or would he have hated it just the same?

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Do you think David is ashamed of who he is? He seems to be quite comfortable in his interests despite lying about what he really likes.

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What did the mother die from.

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Whom does Sedaris have the strongest feelings for? He makes an intriguing confession regarding his father: "it was a mystery that a guy could father six children who shared absolutely none of his interests."

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David talks about his father leaving his mom and sister at the beach after David told his father they didn’t want to do math. This scene is another example of David and his father not being so close. What is the first issue that caused David and his father to have a rocky relationship?

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Will the chapter Twelve Moments in the Life of an Artist hold any significance later in the book or is it just adding to character development?