The Norton Anthology of American Literature


1. noun: a gigantic book used by evil schools that force innocent high school kids to the death by the 2,930 pages of extremely small print, extremely long paragraphs, and extremely boring entries from authors ranging from ralph waldo emerson to anne s-xton (who ever the h-ll they are). can also be called satan or the devil.
phil: sh-t dude, i have to read young goodman brown by nathaniel hawthorne.
alex: what the h-ll is that?
phil: some bullsh-t romantic story in the norton anthology of american literature.
alex: whats that?
phil: oh, its just satan’s brother.

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