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Did Donald Trump ever read "The Grapes of Wrath"?

Did Donald Trump ever read "The Grapes of Wrath"?

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What percentage of MAGA has? If they can read that is.
 
Actually, what percentage of anyone has read it?
 
NJBob said:
Actually, what percentage of anyone has?
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I have, more than once. In fact everyone I know has. Mind you, were are people who enjoy good literature. The tripe people read nowadays is not our cup of tea.
 
Perhaps Trump liked the old Twitter because his attention span is well suited for 140 characters.
 
NJBob said:
Actually, what percentage of anyone has read it?
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From the list of books provided, older adults were much more likely than younger ones to have read books from the classics list — published between 1937 and 1960. Americans 45 and older are much more likely than younger adults to have read "The Grapes of Wrath" (51% of adults 45 and older vs. 28% among younger adults), "To Kill a Mockingbird" (63% vs. 46%), "1984" (48% vs. 31%), "Of Mice and Men" (52% vs. 37%), and "The Catcher in the Rye" (47% vs. 35%).
 
Reading is a thing that is hard to use as a gauge for intelligence.

The smartest person I know, my brother-in-law, reads purely for information. My father-in-law, another highly intelligent individual, likes to brag that he has only read three books in his life.

Maybe it is a Gaussian Curve.

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Bok Tuklo said:
Reading is a thing that is hard to use as a gauge for intelligence.

The smartest person I know, my brother-in-law, reads purely for information. My father-in-law, another highly intelligent individual, likes to brag that he has only read three books in his life.

Maybe it is a Gaussian Curve.

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Intelligence and education are two different but related things. You can not know a culture unless you know the great works of that culture.
 
Everyone's favorite subject. How intelligent they are and how others are not. LOL
 
That book was required reading in my AP American Studies class my sophomore year in HS, a combined history and lit class. It shaped most of my political leanings, along with Huckleberry Finn and Frederick Douglass. The Joad's represent people who work hard for a better life and those who immigrate here for the same reasons. Jim Casey and Tom were dreamers and activists who have the same values as Douglass.I doubt 47 went beyond Cliffs or paying off someone to do his work.
 
dmpi said:
Everyone's favorite subject. How intelligent they are and how others are not. LOL
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THAT ☝️ represents an intelligent response, amirite? :ROFLMAO:
 
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