William Deresiewicz Quotes

What Does It Mean To Identify With A Literary Character? I Thought I Knew, But Did I Really? Does It Simply Mean Putting Yourself In Their Place? Obviously Not. Or Approving Of Their Actions? But We're Happy To Identify With Bad Characters, Given The Right Encouragement. No, The Best I Could Come Up With Was That It Seemed To Be A Kind Of In-between State - You're Somehow Them And Not Them At The Same Time - That Can't Exactly Be Put Into Words.

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