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I chose it because it fits seamlessly with our syllabus.
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So, what's Giovanni's Room about?
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Well,Giovanni's Room is the story of David,
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a twenty-something man who flees America to Paris
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in hopes of finding himself.
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While in Paris David finds a fiancee, Hella,
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and, in her absence, another lover, Giovanni, a man.
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So, the novel spirals around David's reverie on one particular evening,
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the evening of Giovanni's execution.
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I don't want to ruin any more of the book, so I'll let you wonder what
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offense Giovanni has committed.
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Now, Giovanni's Room fits with the notion of the Identity Plot