Response to "13, 1977, 21" by Jonathan Lethem

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Throughout 13, 1977, 21, Jonathan Lethem explains how he was thirteen years old and watched Star Wars twenty one times in the summer of 1977. He goes into detail about each time and explains how he saw things differently or how his experience of the movie had changed. Later in the story, Jonathan states that his parents got a divorce and his mom has health issues. The topic of the story transforms at this time and puts more focus on how he used Star Wars as a distraction from his real life.

He talked about a situation in which he was on a train and it was overbearingly hot. Also, he spoke of a movie that was unfocused and when he was not serviced at a skiing resort.

Didn’t show a lot of times where he was perceiving things in a certain way. Most narration objective description, or dialogue.

his everyday occurrences for more than a decade of his life. This view of his

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I subsequently dropped down to 85 pounds and was severely depressed. In those ensuing years, I had totally forgotten about Empire, but I had a DVD player now and was fully absorbed in reading news about the newly-restored- and remastered Star Wars trilogy coming out soon in September of 2004. While I was viewing some clips of Empire on my computer to prime myself for the release, I was struck again by the visual richness of the film—the gleaming, shiny surfaces of light reflected on Vader’s mask made for that stunning awe visible on my face again. I then caught the documentary of Empire of Dreams recently just airing on cable in celebration and anticipation of the DVD to come out (the documentary would be on the bonus disc section of the boxed set)—then Irvin Kershner’s name suddenly came up. I was excited to see that somebody other than George Lucas had directed a Star Wars film—and he directed it better than anybody that has come before and after since. Consequently, I was drawn to the director’s gregarious and enthusiastic personality—his reliance on

He also sometimes ran away to the garden where he kept to himself because his upbringing had made him lose confidence in him. Her mother's condition had taken a toll on him and the rest of the family. He had not known at that young age that his mother was struggling with drug abuse. At school, he was described as timid and quiet by his schoolmates. Even the teachers had noticed that he was very reserved and seemed to be neglected by his parents.

During a baseball game with his son, he is “disturbed by his nostalgia” and becomes even more depressed. His depression pushes Mother and the rest of his family away. In the beginning of the novel, Mother and Father “went upstairs and closed the bedroom door;” but now they are becoming disconnected as a family. He also becomes abusive and realizes he barely feels any sexual attraction towards Mother. His abuse becomes enjoyable and he then “realizes the pleasure he felt in making her cry” (210).

The fourth question was asking what his favorite tv show or movie of all time is. He wrote "That 70's Show". He said he liked it because it was good at making him laugh. He liked the funny style show but the story in the tv show was also very intriguing. It was also very relatable so he connected with it in that way as well.

After two years spent with his half-brother in an ill-kept orphanage, doing his best to use his mother’s contacts to reach some sort of acting

paragraph are tedious for the readers. Lovett chooses to make his points in an indirect way