Discovered inside a copy of Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" at McHenry Library, UCSC.

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I want to write a story about a hero named Jack. My name is Eric but I was very close to being a Jack. What makes Jack a hero is that he does the things that I wish I coulld do. Jack started college but realized that there is no point in learning about the world if you have never seen it. J ack is at the moment hit chiking a cross everywhere. The great thing about Jack is tha t he doesn,t take any shit from anyone. While I am aware of exactly how cliche that lst line w as it,s the truth. Jack isn,t a mcho man, he doesn,t get in physical fights (rarely at least) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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