Chapter Ten Summary

Gunnar attends only one class during his time at BU, and he stays for only one hour of that class. Gunnar finds that the other members of his creative writing class are a talentless lot displaying little or no original thought. When they discover his identity they begin to gush hero worship. Gunnar leaves the class and begins walking home. He is so rattled by the experience that he discards his clothing as he walks. The other members of the creative writing class, including the professor, follow behind and gather his clothing as if they are relics from some deity. By the time Gunnar reaches his apartment he is naked and the police have arrived. He is spared arrest because his professor shouts to the police that Gunnar is a brilliant poet.

The members of his creative writing class follow Gunnar...