Both Uses of
socialism
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Hester was already beginning to call herself a "socialist."†
p. 472.9socialist = a person who wants an economic system based on government ownership or control of all important companies -- with the ideal of equal benefits to all people
- I can only imagine how Owen would have critiqued one of Hester the Molester's rock videos: "HESTER, ONE WOULD NEVER SUSPECT—FROM THIS MINDLESS MESS—THAT YOU WERE A MUSIC MAJOR, AND A SOCIALIST.†
p. 522.5 *
Definition:
an economic system based on government ownership or control of all important companies -- with the ideal of equal benefits to all people