it's going to be a fiction, influenced by true experiences, while a college student, in texas
i'm reminded of The Graduate. younger man and older woman. playing an innocent role (strictly platonic)
as a gigolo without consciously knowing it. not if you are from a different culture. unlike Benjamin in The Graduate (interestingly the book was penned by an Englishman, Charles Webb, or a transplanted American on English soil)...but the protagonist has seriously personal problems of his own to grapple with. he does not share this info with the wealthy woman in his life, nor anyone else aroun
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i'm reminded of The Graduate. younger man and older woman. playing an innocent role (strictly platonic)
as a gigolo without consciously knowing it. not if you are from a different culture. unlike Benjamin in The Graduate (interestingly the book was penned by an Englishman, Charles Webb, or a transplanted American on English soil)...but the protagonist has seriously personal problems of his own to grapple with. he does not share this info with the wealthy woman in his life, nor anyone else around him. though new in the american culture, he is fighting an universal problem of identity, sexual in nature. but he is not obsessed with trying to find a panacea to his identity-crisis but he is preoccupied with chasing, with a vengeance, his goal in life: to have a good education and, maybe, be a college teacher some day. Unlike Benjamin, he didn't end up marrying Mrs. Robinson's attractive daughter.
nevertheless this tale is not american or chinese, although the protagonist is a very attractive chinese male, educated, sophisticated and cosmopolitan, in a every sense of the word. he is too smart to be ensnared by the rich woman or the rich kids he has the privileged of spending time with.
a sad tale but worthy of attention...
once i finish my 2nd book of memoirs, i'd like to tacke this fictional work...a challenging composition at that.
it'd be my first attempt at writing a fiction...can't wake to jump into the pool in the summer of excitement!
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