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  • From: RHONDA MCDONNELL <rhonda_mcdonnell AT msn.com>
  • To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [percy-l] LITR Slow Read - Chapter 1 - "July Fourth"
  • Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 00:25:31 -0500



> On Jun 30, 2014, at 7:31 AM, "Karl M. Terrell" <kterrell AT stokeswagner.com>
> wrote:
>
> while conservative Christian housewives have their maids ride in the back
> seat, in the “old style” … “Liberal housewives make their maids ride on the
> front seat”

I have the same passage highlighted in my book. I wonder, what is the
difference between the verbs "have" and "make"? In either case, none of the
housewives "let" the maids ride where the will.

Interesting also that Tom's women have jobs in the midst of this housewife
dotted paradise he describes.


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