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You know what’s gonna happen to you? I am gonna march you over to the zoo and feed you to the yak.
— Mag Wildwood • Breakfast at Tiffany's
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker threatens to march someone to a zoo and feed them to a yak. The elaborate specificity gives the threat an absurdly theatrical quality. Read as angry exaggeration, it turns hostility into an improbable little scenario rather than explaining the grievance behind it.
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