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Paris Hilton, that "silly and pointless" lass, may find her end in obscurity, as Rob Long points out ("American Party Girl," July 9).
If she does slide alone into the dark night like Willy Loman, it is worth remembering that all but a few of us will find our rest in relative obscurity, without a Nobel prize or world-changing company to our name. It isn't how Paris will die, but how she can afford to be "utterly pointless" during her life, that so fascinates us. In a broader sense, because she represents a cultural evolution affecting a growing portion of America, she is very instructive.
The affluence of American society has shifted more and more people away from a "work is life, life is work" ethos. Some choose pointlessness: drugs, liquor, and sex. Others adopt ...