The Ezra Pound Incident
- Now that we know that Robert is a jerk, let's see how deep his jerktitude goes.
- Robert often wakes up with insights and today's insight is that he can't write great poetry anymore.
- He searches the house for paper and physical books, finding some of his old books in the basement, like Ezra Pound. (Because, once you can access all the books you need on the internet, why would you keep the paper kind around?)
- But that doesn't really help. He's so angry that when Miri comes to entertain him, he really gets mean: he calls her a "simpleton" who tries to run people's lives. (To be fair, she is bossy.) He also calls her a "fat brainless brat."
- When Bob Gu (Jr.) comes home and learns that his dad made his kid cry, he is not happy with his dad, who he describes as "not necessarily a nice fellow." Which is putting it mildly. We'd have stronger words to say.
- As Bob explains to Miri, her grandfather is not her problem to fix. Do you think stubborn Miri is going to listen to that?