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What do certain stories tell us about American culture? Stories: Jeremy Rodock, My father, The secret life of Walter Mitty & A couple of Hamburgers
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What do certain stories tell us about American culture? Stories: Jeremy Rodock, My father, The secret life of Walter Mitty & A couple of Hamburgers. These four short stories are all set in America and show the diversity of Culture in the United States compared to the UK and other countries. I will illustrate the main cultural features shown in these four stories. 'Jeremy Rodock', by Jack Shaefer This story is about a pioneer who owns a ranch in the uncharted Wild West of the United States in the mid nineteenth century. He is extremely fond of his horses, which are the main feature in his life. One day, he goes to see his mares and foals in his pasture, but discovers they have been stolen. He and the author of the story track the horses and locate them in a valley, but 'they had been roped and thrown and their...
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