Tom Wolfe's "The Pump House Gang" -- Reading and Discussion Questions
Students in English 171, Sages and Satirists, 2005, and English 118, Creative Nonfiction in Electronic Environments, Brown University, 2007
"The Pumphouse Gang"
- Capitalizing on a Voyeuristic Public
- Attempts at Duplicating "The Life" in "The Pump House Gang"
- Wolfe on Surfer Religion
- Cultural approach through language
- In Partnership with the Pan-thuhs: the Commodification of a So-Cal Surfer Aesthetic
- The Real World in "The Pump House Gang"
- Tone Change in "The Pump House Gang"
- Surfer Bruce Brown Personifies Youth Movement's Delusion
- A Surfer's Tone
- Tom Wolfe's Multiple Personality Disorder in "The Pump House Gang"
- Is Wolfe trying too hard to prove his authority and credibility?
- Straddling the Fence in "The Pump House Gang"
- Age Identification in Tom Wolfe
- Wolfe's Chronicle of Song and Chant in Surfer Society
- Rhetorical Breaks and Narrative Voice in WolfeÕs "Pump House Gang"
"The Put-together Girl"
- Taboo Production in a Cat and Mouse Game
- Too Much of a Good Thing: Social Critique in the Sixties
- Overdevelopment and Passivity Define the Grotesque in Tom Wolfe's "The Put-Together Girl"
Last modified 8 March 2006