This probably goes without saying, but to analyze why the “easy” version feels so shit. It loses information. A book transformed in this way would be a different book.
Narrator no longer identifies youth with vulnerability
The father’s statement is no longer advice. It could just be him saying “ligma”
The visual metaphor of physically inspecting a thought-object is lost
This probably goes without saying, but to analyze why the “easy” version feels so shit. It loses information. A book transformed in this way would be a different book.
“Ligma balls, son” would explain narrator daddy issues