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Dave Eggers book

Dave ***** and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Introduction

***** Work of Staggering Genius is an amazing book because of its ability to tell a non-conforming in a humorous and eloquent. It is the story of two brothers alone in the world. Where many people would bend and morph to fit society's norm ***** the tragic events like losing both parents, Eggers writes a s*****ry un***** *****ny other of its time, choosing instead to take a stand. As unique as his situation for young man, he rolls with the punches and meeting many interesting people in the process. This paper *****ks one to ponder, is ***** choice of a ***** story-tell*****g construct reflective ***** the spontaneous nature of real life or is this novel just a vehicle for his own ego? Is he ********** too much ***** the reader that he or she will be able to keep up with ***** events of this story? Or is he just challenging t***** reader by writing outside the box of the conventional story? This ***** aims to explore these ideas.

Eggers presents a story painful in nature to read but all the more ***** as it charts out an adventure called life. Eggers, in his style and satirical pros is build*****g a ***** ***** ***** reflects ***** way life works. For instance, as much as h***** pros seems disorganized and random at times (***** ***** point one must read t*****e ***** backwards like the Dead Sea Scrolls) ***** also represents to ***** ***** the course ***** life events. He challenges ***** reader as ***** of what is happening is in the past. He ********** his story much as a memory, a hi***** of ********** family while interspersing reflections upon life ***** a ***** adult. In one way, the ***** is a collection of shorter stories that explain how he has reached ***** ***** he ***** at in his *****. His story is not like ***** young adults struggling to make on his or her own for the first time. ***** recounts the struggles he makes raising his kid brot***** and feeling a sense of being lost w*****h***** his family. In a sense, t***** novel ***** to re-establish his identity as a person at a time in *****'s life where identity is so cruci*****l to success. ***** t***** way, many readers may have a hard time feel*****g empathy for his situation as his ego is very strong. ***** may be a combination ***** feeling pride for ***** accompl*****hments but also it may be just the cockiness of youth. The layout of his story is reminiscent of guerilla filmmaking, it serves a purpose to make the reader feel uncomfort*****, which works in building the "drama" of his s*****uation. Many ***** may not ***** this technique ***** may think, why buy into it? It is were ***** for many humorous passages, for instance h***** interview with the MTV's Real World, then ***** ***** ***** be difficult to respect. It is the