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"TEDDY".

HE DIED.

>LEAST DIALOGUE.

"THE CATCHER IN RYE".

"RAISE HIGH THE ROOFBEAM CARPENTERS AND SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION".

"FRANNY AND ZOOEY".

>MOST DIALOGUE.

"FOR ESMÉ: WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR" IS REWRITTEN BY AYN RAND:

>"SHORT STORY" IS EXPANDED TO ONEHUNDRED TWENTY PAGES.
>THE PROTAGONIST, AND "ESMÉ'S" CONVERSATION PROGRESSES TO A THOROUGH "DISCUSSION" RE THE REPRESSED "HEROIC POWER" IN THEMSELVES, AND HOW THEIR MUTUAL ATTRACTION PERPETUATES THE REPRESSION.
>THE PROTAGONIST, AND "ESMÉ" CONCLUDE THAT THEY OUGHT TO PURSUE SUPREMACY, AND SUBSEQUENTLY DECIDE TO PART WAYS, AND NEVER TO CONTACT ONE ANOTHER, IN ANY MANNER, EVER.
>THE PROTAGONIST NEVER MARRIED, AND IS TELLING THE STORY IN AN "OPEN LETTER" TO THE "FUTURE HERO" WHO FINDS THE LETTER.
>THE PROTAGONIST ENDS THE LETTER WITH A GREETING TO THE "FUTURE HERO": "HELLO. HELLO. HELLO. HELLO. HELLO. HELLO. HELLO".