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Joe College is a 2000 campus novel by American writer Tom Perrotta. Set at Yale during the mid-1980s, it follows a scholarship student negotiating college social pressures while also working with his father's lunch truck. The book uses that setting to examine the gap between student life, family work, and the social differences that shape an elite university, making it a campus-centered comic novel rather than a general account of higher education.
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Who wrote Joe College?
Joe College is a 2000 campus novel by American writer Tom Perrotta. It was one of Perrotta's early novels about social pressure, class, and American institutions.
Where is Joe College set?
The novel is set at Yale during the mid-1980s. Its campus setting places the characters inside a selective university while also connecting them to life outside the institution.
Who is the main character in Joe College?
The story follows a scholarship student negotiating Yale's social pressures while working with his father's lunch truck. His position exposes the gap between privileged students and the working world.
What themes does Joe College explore?
The novel examines class, privilege, ambition, college identity, and social belonging. The contrast between Yale's elite culture and the lunch-truck business drives much of its tension.
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