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"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"
Posted by: Destini ( just a high school student, USA ) on November 09, 1998 at 22:20:38:
In Reply to: Re: A bit hip to 23. Seek to know more. posted by L. Kynes on February 22, 1998 at 07:43:03:
: Wilson don't count, do they? These writers appear to use 23 ironically. They ape true believers and any hope of finding significance in occurrences of 23. They deploy references to 23 to disturb readers, to foster a sense to paranoia, to undermine the smug, to worry to herd, and to mock the societies of secrets. Or do they? : -- : It doesn't seem that way to me. While their motives may be just
: that, there may be something more sincere to it. After all, R.A.
: Wilson is likely Malaclypse the Younger, who wrote the Principia
: Discordia, which quotes the Law of Fives, from which the 23 occurrences
: are derived. : -L. Kynes In "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" they had to line up by 5 all the time, during roll calls, counting, and marching from work to camp....
-Destini
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