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[Jonathan Lighter]

'Provoke'?

https://litreactor.com/columns/understanding-the-objective-correlative

"Simply put, an objective correlative is an object in the story that serves
a symbolic purpose. It’s an everyday item that possesses some thematic
presence, or conjures an image, or jukes an emotional response from the
reader, implying a meaning larger than what is actually there. "


JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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