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    You Must Remember This
    You Must Remember This
    FranklinBarnes
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    FranklinBarnes
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    Ongoing, First published Dec 20, 2020
    A misguidedly idealistic high school student founds a club to teach his classmates philosophy; when it becomes a cult, he must change course before the whole school drinks the Kool-Aid.
        
        Frank can think of no better way to prove his classmates have no moral compass than to write a manifesto satirically arguing for the virtues of selfishness; when this attempt at shining a light on his classmates' behavior is taken at face value, he creates a club to spread his teachings, hoping his ironies will be more obvious on a grander scale. The authoritarian rule of law he establishes meets little resistance from his club members, even as he wonders privately when they'll have enough and choose a more virtuous path. While Frank earnestly seeks to help his classmates, his methodology proves misguided in practice, and Frank must find where to draw the line before he permanently ruins his beloved high school. But then again, being a cult leader is too much fun to pass up... 
        
        You Must Remember This adapts the foundation of Catch-22 in a high school setting, applying the same notion of dystopian bureaucracy to lampoon Silicon Valley's competitive spirit and, in these politically charged times, comment on the fragility of our own democracy.  
        
        CW: minor character death (non-graphic), dark psychological themes (e.g. gaslighting), authoritarian regimes (including references to communism and Nazism)
        
        "Amazing, terrible, bourgeois horror"
        "At first I thought the story was about silicone implants"
        "I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves the classic American English course reading list or just wants to read something that will make them think."
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    Table of contentsLast updated 2 days ago
    • Foreword
    • Chapter 1: The Prison-Door
    • Chapter 2: It Was Love At First Sight
    • Chapter 3: Minute Waltz
    • Chapter 4: Dulcinea
    • Chapter 5: A Truth Universally Acknowledged
    • Chapter 6: Major Major Major Major
    • Chapter 7: The Epoch of Incredulity
    • Chapter 8: How To Be A Good Person
    • Chapter 9: A Theater So Obsessed
    • Chapter 10: A Summer Place
    • Chapter 11: Those Good Old-Fashioned Values
    • Chapter 12: The Devil Will Drag You Under
    • Chapter 13: Water, Water Everywhere
    • Chapter 14: The Star-Spangled Banner
    • Chapter 15: Now The Milkman's On His Way
    • Chapter 16: Vultures Everywhere
    • Chapter 17: I Want To Be A Producer
    • Chapter 18: There Is Nothing Like The Brain
    • Chapter 19: Humble Folks Without Temptation
    • Chapter 20: The Fundamental Things Apply
    • Chapter 21: A Throng Of Bearded Men
    • Chapter 22: Efficient Mouths And Inefficient Eyes
    • Chapter 23: Raindrop Prelude
    • Chapter 24: The Impossible Dream
    • Chapter 25: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl
    • Chapter 26: The Syndicate
    • Chapter 27: The Worst Of Times
    • Chapter 28: A Modest Proposal
    • Chapter 29: Drive Those Chorus Girls Insane
    • Chapter 30: A Little Priest
    • Chapter 31: Cowabunga
    • Chapter 32: Luck Be A Lady
    • Chapter 33: Because I Could Not Stop For Death
    • Chapter 34: March Of The Volunteers
    • Chapter 35: Singin' In The Rain
    • Chapter 36: Out Of All The Gin Joints
    • Chapter 37: 'Til Him
    • Chapter 38: Puttin' On The Ritz
    • Chapter 39: Trimalchio
    • Chapter 40: As Time Goes By
    • If You Liked This Book...
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    #105philosophy
    • Foreword
    • Chapter 1: The Prison-Door
    • Chapter 2: It Was Love At First Sight
    • Chapter 3: Minute Waltz
    • Chapter 4: Dulcinea
    • Chapter 5: A Truth Universally Acknowledged
    • Chapter 6: Major Major Major Major
    • Chapter 7: The Epoch of Incredulity
    • Chapter 8: How To Be A Good Person
    • Chapter 9: A Theater So Obsessed
    • Chapter 10: A Summer Place
    • Chapter 11: Those Good Old-Fashioned Values
    • Chapter 12: The Devil Will Drag You Under
    • Chapter 13: Water, Water Everywhere
    • Chapter 14: The Star-Spangled Banner
    • Chapter 15: Now The Milkman's On His Way
    • Chapter 16: Vultures Everywhere
    • Chapter 17: I Want To Be A Producer
    • Chapter 18: There Is Nothing Like The Brain
    • Chapter 19: Humble Folks Without Temptation
    • Chapter 20: The Fundamental Things Apply
    • Chapter 21: A Throng Of Bearded Men
    • Chapter 22: Efficient Mouths And Inefficient Eyes
    • Chapter 23: Raindrop Prelude
    • Chapter 24: The Impossible Dream
    • Chapter 25: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl
    • Chapter 26: The Syndicate
    • Chapter 27: The Worst Of Times
    • Chapter 28: A Modest Proposal
    • Chapter 29: Drive Those Chorus Girls Insane
    • Chapter 30: A Little Priest
    • Chapter 31: Cowabunga
    • Chapter 32: Luck Be A Lady
    • Chapter 33: Because I Could Not Stop For Death
    • Chapter 34: March Of The Volunteers
    • Chapter 35: Singin' In The Rain
    • Chapter 36: Out Of All The Gin Joints
    • Chapter 37: 'Til Him
    • Chapter 38: Puttin' On The Ritz
    • Chapter 39: Trimalchio
    • Chapter 40: As Time Goes By
    • If You Liked This Book...
    • The Art of You Must Remember This, part 1
    • The Art of You Must Remember This, part 2
    • The Art of You Must Remember This, part 3
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