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Freedom
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Freedom is a 2010 novel by Jonathan Franzen, centered on the Berglund family, particularly Patty, a former basketball star turned housewife; Walter, her environmentalist husband; and their independent, entrepreneurial son Joey. It also touches on Walter's college friend Richard Katz, an indie musician. | |
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I'm a Man; I Can't Help It | |
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I'm a Man; I Can't Help It: Connie believes this and therefore gives Joey permission to sleep with other girls while he's in college. | |
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So Beautiful, It's a Curse | |
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So Beautiful, It's a Curse: How Joey views Jenna's beauty. People are too distracted by her looks to see her for the sad, adrift girl that she is. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: After Lalitha's death, Walter and Patty spend a few lonely years apart before getting back together. Joey is successful and Happily Married to Connie, while his less avaricious sister struggles in the publishing industry. The Nameless Lake house becomes a bird sanctuary dedicated to Lalitha. | |
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Girl Next Door | |
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Joey is tempted to cheat on the unwaveringly loyal Connie (Betty) with the beautiful, spoiled Jenna (Veronica). | |
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Rape as Backstory | |
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Rape as Backstory: Patty's first experience with sex was getting date-raped as a teenager, which affected how she viewed sex as well as her relationship with her parents, who urged her not to seek retribution because the rapist's father was an important donor to her mother's campaign. | |
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Wounded Gazelle Gambit | |
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Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Eliza falsely claims to have leukemia to manipulate Patty. | |
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Cats Are Mean | |
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Cats Are Mean: Walter hates cats, viewing them as "the sociopaths of the pet world" for what they do to birds. | |
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Two-Timing with the Bestie | |
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Two-Timing with the Bestie: Patty falls for and has an affair with Richard, Walter's best friend since college. And Eliza sleeps with Patty's college boyfriend Carter. | |
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Idiot Ball | |
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Idiot Ball: Normally smart and savvy Joey swallows his wedding ring while having phone sex with Jenna. And rather than trying to throw it up immediately, he insists on waiting to expel it anally. | |
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Turn of the Millennium | |
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Turn of the Millennium: The book touches on key events in the 2000s, including the September 11 attacks, the Bush presidency, and the Iraq War. A whole chapter is called 2004. | |
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Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy | |
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Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: In college, Walter is soft-spoken and gentle, with several female friends, while Patty is a jock. | |
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Betty and Veronica | |
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Betty and Veronica: Multiple. Patty is torn between her doting husband Walter (Betty) and the more mercurial, sexy Richard (Veronica). Joey is tempted to cheat on the unwaveringly loyal Connie (Betty) with the beautiful, spoiled Jenna (Veronica). Walter too is tempted to cheat on Patty with Lalitha, who is arguably the Betty to Patty's Veronica since she loves and accepts Walter completely while Patty holds a torch for Richard. | |
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Ladykiller in Love | |
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Ladykiller in Love: Richard has no trouble attracting women, while still harboring feelings for Patty. | |
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Elopement | |
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Elopement: How Joey marries Connie. | |
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Dogged Nice Guy | |
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Patty is torn between her doting husband Walter (Betty) and the more mercurial, sexy Richard (Veronica). | |
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Black Sheep | |
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Black Sheep: Patty and Walter. Patty, unlike her sisters, chose athletics over arts and the University of Minnesota over a prestigious East Coast college. Sweet Walter's brothers abused him. | |
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Fatal Flaw | |
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Fatal Flaw: Patty's competitiveness. It's presented as the driving force behind her interest in Richard, sparked by a desire to one-up her friend Eliza. Her instability after having children with Walter is attributed to her having nothing to feed her competitive side. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: Patty when she sees that Walter has read her autobiography and now knows about her affair with his best friend. | |
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All for Nothing | |
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All for Nothing: How Walter comes to view his work with the Cerulean Mountain Trust. And Patty, for all her pining for Richard, was only with with him for a few months once they were free to be together. | |
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My Beloved Smother | |
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My Beloved Smother: Patty is too enmeshed with and emotionally reliant on Joey, ultimately driving him away. | |
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Nice Jewish Boy | |
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Nice Jewish Boy: Defied with Richard Katz, who is Jewish as well as a cool love 'em and leave 'em type. | |
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Character Narrator | |
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Character Narrator: Some of the sections are from Patty's autobiography "Mistakes Were Made," in which she refers to herself as "Patty" or "the autobiographer". | |
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Sliding Scale of Beauty | |
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Sliding Scale of Beauty: Joey observes how men react differently to seeing him with Jenna than they do when he's with Connie. | |
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