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In A Sense Much Great Literature Is Subversive, Since Its Very Existence Implies That What Matters Is Art, Imagination, And Truth. In What We Call The Real World, On The Other Hand, What Usually Counts Is Money, Power, And Public Success.

The Fashion Industry Is No More Able To Preserve A Style That Men And Women Have Decided To Abandon Than To Introduce One They Do Not Choose To Accept.

As One Went To Europe To See The Living Past, So One Must Visit Southern California To Observe The Future.

When Other People First Became Aware Of The Cow, They Expressed Concern And Anxiety. They Suggested Strategies For Getting The Animal Out Of Molly's Parlor: Remedies And Doctors And Procedures, Some Mainstream And Some New Age. They Related Anecdotes Of Friends Who Had Removed Their Own Cows In One Way Or Another. But After A While They Had Exhausted Their Suggestions. Then They Usually Began To Pretend That The Cow Wasn't There, And They Preferred For Molly To Go Along With The Pretense.

Most Of The Great Works Of Juvenile Literature Are Subversive In One Way Or Another: They Express Ideas And Emotions Not Generally Approved Of Or Even Recognized At The Time; They Make Fun Of Honored Figures And Piously Held Beliefs; And They View Social Pretenses With Clear-eyed Directness, Remarking - As In Andersen's Famous Tale - That The Emperor Has No Clothes.