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Griffy The Cooper Analysis

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The world in which the majority of people live in today is one that is imbued with greed, selfishness, and lust for power. Such things are not new concepts, but in modern society are now being presented in new mediums. Looking back on the society that Griffy the Cooper would have lived in, it is rational to have defended one’s own mind from the vast realm of unknown possibilities by building a mental structure to protect one’s thoughts from such things. To compliment Griffy the Cooper, the students in The Secret History display this suggestion in a more modern sense, as they all either create a mechanism to shield themselves from the reality that surrounds them, or they embrace the freedom of possibility that accompanies the true reality

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