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Section 6: She showed the left profile, the good one, It was only a coincidence & When one travels, one might hit a storm Summary
In "She showed the left profile, the good one," the narrator sees her life as a struggle against her fate and personality. Every time she enters the Metro in Paris, she reads the sign reserving the large seats nearest the door for war veterans; the writing holds it separated to see there. One form of shyness is characterized by the fear of making someone else feel embarrassed or awkward. When the narrator feels jittery, she often takes long walks to escape what she feels. She learns to be suspicious of sudden and spontaneous acts of generosity because, in such a mood...
This section contains 707 words (approx. 2 pages at 400 words per page) |
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