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Later, Daria tells Jane about her mother's reaction to the story, expressing hope that O'Neill's reaction won't be the same. When Jane expresses interest in reading it, Daria refuses, though she adds Jane can read the first one she wrote…
Later, Daria tells Jane about her mother's reaction to the story, expressing hope that O'Neill's reaction won't be the same. When Jane expresses interest in reading it, Daria refuses, though she adds Jane can read the first one she wrote…

==Daria's Reading Material==

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The book Daria is reading for school is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Moral_Fiction On Moral Fiction] by John Gardner. Daria sounds distinctly unimpressed with it (but could be just trying to get Helen to stop talking to her).


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
Daria tells Helen "nobody [at school] talked to me again this week": her phrasing and bored tone indicates that this level of ostracisation is status quo. The other episodes, however, repeatedly show people talking to Daria, because otherwise no plot can take place, and this seems to bother her more than when they ''don't''.
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The book Daria is reading and that she discuses with Helen is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Moral_Fiction On Moral Fiction], by John Gardner.

In "[[Psycho Therapy]]", Daria will explain that she tries to shut down conversations with her mother because she knows Helen will "hang on every word" and that makes her feel uncomfortable.


This episode has a homage to ''The Graduate'' (Kevin and Jane riding the bus in stunned silence after the wedding).
This episode has a homage to ''The Graduate'' (Kevin and Jane riding the bus in stunned silence after the wedding).
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