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Franny and Zooey · 1961
And I don't just mention it, for God's sake, to show you I was once an Emotional Young Person Just Like Yourself.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker insists that mentioning their past is not an attempt to prove they were once an emotional young person like the listener. The phrase pushes back against a possible reading of the remark as self-congratulation. Its exaggerated capitalization gives the label comic emphasis.
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