---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment >Literature 101 Assignment: > >What was the author's overall message in this story? Never eat the little mushrooms with the fringe. Or at least stay away from any permanent recording media for at least a day after. >Please explain how the different stages of life are represented in the text. I got older just reading it. I shudder to think what it did to the author. >What do the characters, Mr. & Mrs. Dick, represent? Themselves. There was no mention of literary agents in this story unless the Dicks are undisclosed agents, in which case they might well have represented each other unless they were misrepresented altogether in this story in which case they might very well sue. Did any of these characters represent a lawyer, do you suppose? >How would have Trumpel's reaction differed if he believed in an afterlife? He would surely have waxed philosophical, and the story would have been much longer. All that waxing might well have enhanced his looks though, and thus his market value, possibly saving him from the axe only to relegate him to eternity as a decorative picture shelf just left of someone's fireplace, possibly a literary agent's, thus sending yet another level of confusing messages to the aging readers who plod on awaiting the elusive punch line. >Explain why the one-tusk elephant is significant. Ask around. Any elephant loose in an antique shop is significant, regardless of the number of tusks - up to and including two. Note too, that we aren't told which tusk is missing, and which is left. If the left is missing and the right is left, then is the right tusk the right tusk to be left, or would the left be the right to be left, which would make the right the missing one? This information could have been given some significance that would not only have cleared up the omission, but also somewhat enhanced the story, possibly guaranteeing that the author would be famous someday. At least for a while. Or not. I hope this helps clear up a few of the murkier symbolic aspects of this piece. Happy reading from your old Uncle Wookie. Ron N ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 11/10/2003 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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