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'''Part III: Mrs. Hanson]]] is the third part of the [[334 novella]].

== Summary ==
Longer scenes from Lottie's marriage in 2021; end of the Len Rude story in 2024.

== 18. The New American Catholic Bible ==
''(2021 - Mrs. Hanson - reality)''

The list of names here tells us that Mrs. Hanson's name is Nora, Lottie's is Loretta Hester, and Shrimp's is Shirley Ann (the same as Nora's mother). Boz isn't on the list, since Nora wrote it before he was born.

=== Jimmy Tom was clubbed by the police ===
This is the only reference to Nora's first child, who died at 16.

=== died peacefully and voluntarily at the age of eighty-one ===
The first reference in the novel to euthanasia. In [[334/334/Part II#17. Mrs. Hanson, at the Nursing Home|the previous scene]], Nora's father appeared to be paralyzed and uncommunicative; so either he was actually more responsive than she thought, and was able to express his desire for assisted suicide when she wasn't around, or else "voluntarily" is a bureaucratic euphemism.

=== "Scorn for the scorners, yes; but for the wretched, grace." ===
The verse Mrs. Hanson has "randomly" selected is Proverbs '''3:34'''. In the [http://jmom.honlam.org/rsvce/ Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition] that was current at the time of Disch's writing, it was translated as "Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he shows favor."

== 19. A Desirable Job ==
''(2021 - Lottie - reality)''

=== one of the scrap heaps ... like Roebling Plaza ===
This undesirable housing project must be in located one of the outer boroughs: there is a Roebling St. in Brooklyn and a Roebling Ave. in the Bronx, but no street or square with that name in Manhattan.

=== your earnings didn't have to be declared to the MODICUM office ===
Since the street-sweeping job is described as a "concession" requiring a license, this implies that the MODICUM bureaucracy does not communicate very well with other branches of the government.

=== Cece wasn't about to forfeit a consideration like Christmas ===
In "[[334/Everyday Life in the Later Roman Empire#her mother's place at the corner with the broom and the can|Everyday Life in the Later Roman Empire]]", it's explained that in addition to their daily tips, street-sweepers normally receive "a shower of goodies at Christmas."

== 20. A & P, continued ==
''(2021 - Lottie - fantasy)''

== 21. Juan ==
''(2021 - Lottie - another POV)''

== 22. Leda Holt ==
''(2021 - Mrs. Hanson - another POV)''

=== Milly's fellow .... the two of them were in my room the whole while ===
Mrs. Hanson is saying that while Birdie Ludd was outside pining for Milly ("[[The Death of Socrates]]"), Milly was already sleeping with Boz in the Hanson apartment.

== 23. Len Rude, continued ==
''(2024 - Mrs. Hanson - another POV)''

== 24. The Love Story ==
''(2024 - Mrs. Hanson - fantasy)''

=== a temp was sleeping in the corridor in a licensed MODICUM bag ===
This clarifies the meaning of "[[334/The Death of Socrates#a population of three thousand ... excluding temps|temps]]": they are homeless people living inside apartment buildings, but outside the apartments.

== 25. The Dinner ==
''(2024 - Mrs. Hanson - reality)''

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 === died peacefully and voluntarily at the age of eighty-one ===
-The first reference in the novel to euthanasia. In [[334/334/Part II#17. Mrs. Hanson, at the Nursing Home|the previous scene]], Nora's father appeared to be paralyzed and uncommunicative; so either he was actually more responsive than she thought, and was able to express his desire for assisted suicide when she wasn't around, or else "voluntarily" is a bureaucratic euphemism.
+The first reference in the novel to euthanasia, at least in terms of a specific character. In [[334/334/Part II#17. Mrs. Hanson, at the Nursing Home|the previous scene]], Nora's father appeared to be paralyzed and uncommunicative; so either he was actually more responsive than she thought, and was able to express his desire for assisted suicide when she wasn't around, or else "voluntarily" is a bureaucratic euphemism.
 === "Scorn for the scorners, yes; but for the wretched, grace." ===

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==