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## Unsong Chapter 53: Lover Of Wild Rebellion
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* Author: u/Fredlage *
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* URL: http://unsongbook.com/chapter-53-lover-of-wild-rebellion/
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* Score: 50
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* Created: 2017-01-01T15:08:00
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### Post:
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[Link to content](http://unsongbook.com/chapter-53-lover-of-wild-rebellion/)
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### Comments:
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> **u/Fredlage** [+19] (2 hours later)
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> Here's hoping Dylan's plan goes hilariously wrong due to Malia's ability to see invisible people.
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> **u/MonstrousBird** [+8] (2 hours later)
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> Has anyone made anything of Malia Ngo's name yet? Or indeed ideas on what she is? All I got is an anagram of Magnolia, or if we go with the I am format like with Erica we could say I am Anglo, or Logan.
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>> **u/fubo** [+12] (3 hours later)
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>> Magnolia is the state tree of Mississippi, which is stereotypically the worst state in various measures (e.g. education, poverty, health).
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>> It is more generally associated with the South, sometimes in the context of that region's history of racial violence, as in the song "Strange Fruit": "Pastoral scene of the gallant south / The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth / Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh / Then the sudden smell of burning flesh."
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>> The magnolia is also a symbol of North Korea, which is stereotypically the worst nation.
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>> The film *Magnolia* includes a rain of frogs, which is a Biblical plague.
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>> The title of the play *Steel Magnolias* describes tough Southern women.
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>> The Grateful Dead song "Sugar Magnolia" is a love song about a woman who (among other things) covers for her man's irresponsibility: "Takes the wheel when I'm seeing double / Pays my ticket when I speed".
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>>> **u/ZeroNihilist** [+5] (15 hours later)
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>>>
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>>> The magnolia genus is named after [Pierre Magnol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Magnol), one of the botanists responsible for "the botanical scheme of classification". Magnol was a Calvinist who later converted to Catholicism.
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>>> The "Five points of Calvinism" can be memorised using the mnemonic "TULIP" (another flower, which is not a coincidence because nothing is ever a coincidence):
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>>> * Total Depravity - no man is able to not sin
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>>> * Unconditional Election - God chooses to save some people unconditionally
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>>> * Limited Atonement - Jesus didn't die for the whole world, just those chosen few
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>>> * Irresistable Grace - if somebody is saved, they cannot resist redemption
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>>> * Perseverance of the Saints - if somebody does not persevere with their faith, they were never truly saved
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>>> From this we derive a correspondence between people with flower names and classifying things according to their deeper nature.
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>> **u/Escapement** [+8] *Ankh-Morpork City Watch* (3 hours later)
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>> Speaking of names, I fucking love the Deas IRA ([Dies Irae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_Irae)) pun.
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>> **u/waylandertheslayer** [+3] (8 hours later)
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>> I think it was pointed out in the story that she works for the UN, and her surname is NGO (=non-governmental organisation).
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>> **u/wren42** [+3] (13 hours later)
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>> Mal is evil.
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>> No go.
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>> Plan will fail.
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