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Extraction Summary
5
People
3
Organizations
1
Locations
2
Events
2
Relationships
5
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Manuscript draft / memoir page (house oversight committee production)
File Size:
2.02 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 38 of a manuscript or memoir draft, stamped with a House Oversight Committee identifier. The text is a personal narrative (likely Alan Dershowitz, based on the biography details of Yeshiva High School and Brooklyn College) reflecting on the author's adolescence in the 1950s, contrasting his troubled high school experience with his academic success at Brooklyn College. It discusses themes of nostalgia, academic pressure from parents, and intellectual stifling by religious teachers.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| The Narrator (Author) | Author/Subject |
Describes his high school years (1951-1955) at Yeshiva High School and college years at Brooklyn College (ages 16-20)...
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| Narrator's Wife | Spouse |
Says the narrator is 'obsessed with nostalgia for my troubled adolescent past.'
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| Narrator's Parents | Family |
Hoped for a B average; didn't want A's (teachers) or C's (previous performance).
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| Rabbis | Teachers |
Teachers at Yeshiva High School who discouraged original ideas.
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| Salesmen/Shop Owner | Vendor |
Quoted in footnote regarding men collecting nostalgia.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn College | ||
| Yeshiva High School | ||
| House Oversight Committee (implied by stamp) |
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
Relationships (2)
The Narrator
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Familial/Academic pressure
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Parents
They didn’t want me to get A’s because A students became teachers, and they certainly didn’t want me to get C’s... I could never satisfy them.
Rabbis punished his 'smart aleck' qualities and dismissed his original ideas.
Key Quotes (5)
""You don't need to buy the 50's in a store," one spouse quipped, "you guys are walking memorabilia.""Source
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Quote #1
"My wife says I am obsessed with nostalgia for my troubled adolescent past."Source
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Quote #2
"I went straight from C’s to A’s, almost never getting a B in anything."Source
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Quote #3
"If your idea is so good, then the ancient rabbis, who were so much smarter than you, would have came up with it first."Source
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Quote #4
"End of discussion. It was all different at college."Source
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Quote #5
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