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The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband - During the course of this short story the author manages to evoke various different responses to the story.
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... The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband During the course of this short story the author manages to evoke various different responses to the story. From laughter and humour at the beginning to guilt and remorse at the end. The first section is very thought provoking. The author is making the reader think about what we have read. In this section the author talks how we are brought up with a certain view of things and if someone or something does not fit to our ideas we find it weird and hard to comprehend. The first section has many rhetorical questions for example "Do you air your views recklessly in front of your seniors?" and "Do you presume to throw your weight about before your superiors?" The author wants us to answer no toe every question and naturally we all do. Then he asks a question about, us the readers, and whether
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