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(4) 104. Betb. decide. foursome. of this They and. the day. to spend. devastating. people. marlJuana,. the. Two?. Ted Mitch. to. ing the them. back. Helen. she took. flippant done.. ever. into. was. serious. she talks abollt helping. ber,. out. even. taking. durfly. to. scratch. thought. flippant. comments. the. that. about. (B,. syndrome,. of Tom. care. a. par-. the best. thing. school:. then.". Down's. typify. of divorced. problems. she describes. when. back. routine. with. the. have. should. in high. was. she. is threatening. her kids except. see. together. put. War. as. a. p.. 190). Tom,. she. kind. continues:. of beatitude. num-. ….''(β, p.190). is proud. of his bad. "All you. And. I started. World. over. out. to. get. discusslng. woman. the boy. started. to. bummed. Helen's. and. good-works. example. (β,p. 183). right?". when. of Wolff's As Mitcb cry.. good. tough.". is maintained. that. says. can. Really. problems and. we. "Still, Bliss. them,. attitude. She. a. man. "All. she won't if. only. said‥… on. celebration. It is a bleak. cocaine.. set her off." movie would from his lower lip. "Her ex. means. It's tough.. walk. California. Helen's. Which. of Bliss's. ``Like l said,. Ted. a. that. that's. and. description. "I. When. summer,. here and. drugged-out. known. to Boston.. narcissism. the matter.. she asked.. sliver of weed. "I guess,''. when. she has. a. picked back. move. have. should. a. Bliss had. was. what. Bliss?". on. story. the. pervade with. is. so. and. the party. him. asked. The. cocaine.. marrlage.. in dialogue. During. speak.. Helen. "What's. ents･. with. their. view of contemporary is written mostly. for the way. Mitch's. noses. and vacuity of relationships their irresponsibility and flee from depression. deny. smoked. their. stuffing. the. "Leviathan" ear. her,. with. B. HigglnS. is. need. you･. Because. that. I'm. character. few. a. pointers,. :. old Ted. and. horrendous. where. the king. says. and. is. is concerned. just the. I'm. man. the expert.. to. them. glVe. You. might. to say. (β,p. 188). of horrendous.". then:. "Put solute. on. your. bottom-line. crash. helmets,". confession.. Ted The. went. Worst. on.. Story. "You Ever. are. about. Told.". to bear. my. (β,p. 188). ab-.

(5) Fiction. The. words At. a. of. the end. Truth. and. The. :. Works. classic, mindless,. male. egotist.. of the story. they. decide. when. of Tobias. to. take. Wolff. more. 105. dialogue. the. cocaine,. is. apt.. again. "My. Helen. energy. level isn't too. high,". "Mine's. pretty. Mitch. nodded.. ``Then. we'll. to. went. more. get. "I. just have. Bliss said. low,. too.". to. bring. it up,". Helen. this,". Bliss. said.. "Where. said.. (B,. did. you. 194-195). pp.. don't. cocaine.. believe. Helen. it?". get. shrugged. "That's. lot. a. of toot,''Mitch. have. "We'lljust. do. to. said. best,". ollr. Helen. "We've. said.. all day.". got. (β,. p.195) We. The. last. band's". insistence. story. him.. the. se.. to. as. ends The. how. the. man. gulf between of discoverlng. Unlike. the stories. concerns. find. and. a. Ricky.. The. her. Ricky. and. The. She. is awakened. early. upon. her and. it she also says. about self. her again.. on. drive. home. tries to woman. closed. encollrage. had. a. the. been. off forever.. to. him. to. sexually Her. to. sympathy. by But. sleep.. to. come. to. compared. for. She. tells him. thinks to. someone. he's share. is still open. she for. mornlng. a. man. who. had. He. love. misused. treats. in the. forces he says. bar.. himself. nothing. home.. go tO. golng. his life with. to. son,. he tries to force him-. should. always. life. together. away. When as. they. go. He. drinking. her.. she is awakened. and. to. behind. touching. his. her. and. divorced.. his invitation he stays. her. on. per. her. reconstruct. is also. who. marrlage. about. out. walked. later that. night. away. abused,. "hus-. marrlage.. woman. being. to. woman. bad. accept. mornlng. for him. look. divorced. the hotel. at. him. argu-. the. fake. a. the. is not. Face"9). Robert. to. That. nothing.. She pushes. for. an. despite. is about. waiting. to. husband. decides. back. Yes"8). a. about. after. that,. by his excitement. a. of. her. next. However,. learn. we. dark. far, "Face. so. attempt. she. her.. be. to. appears. and. is in the house.. Stranger. Virglnia's. she feels sorry. so. and. is emphasized. first evenlng. goes. for. in the. introduce. for the weekend.. love. lies in bed them. and. COuple. he is, "Say. disastrous. kindly. then. marriage. discussed. neighbors. One. Just. thoughtful. happlneSS.. some. party.. her hllSband's. proposes on. drug. a. features. confirm. feeling. It. On. stories. "husband". the. ment. to. of these. attempts. wife's. The. be eavesdropplng. to. seem. but her. On. be alone Although. sees arouses. the. man concern. the and the as.

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(7) Fiction. had. they. .... been. Truth:. and. an. The. offered. Works. branch. olive. of Tobias. Wolff. and. not. were. 107. far from. (G,. home.. p.154) The. lets his chances. man. feel of the. scene. to. the beaver. with. his family. regain. frustration. our. sharpens. The. his fingers.. slip through. poetic. the senselessness. with. of. hisloss. The. third of these stories is about. cally. and. glnS. With. technically the. My. At. his mother ready. is Sam. us. particularly. first person. narration. her thoughts feeling. look. we. to. seems are. are. prayers.. Peculiarly,. it works. bus.. However,. of logic.. on. a. fiction as. must. within. period.. he isn't there. consider. another. possibil-. fiction.. Of. and. the reader. this informa-. accept. tO discover. The. it takes on. commentary. and. settings. the doctor's. the story. a. glVen. The. brain. well.. flashbacks. at. in. only,. are. without. to. pleCe. title. This. lying we. when. tend. the. it's surprlSlng. in those. his relations. because. place. within it. character. twenty-four. office, at the bus. is richly textured. of his parents'character,. observations. We. we. reflection. the. time. church,. that. does. structure. at. fact. the. his mother. fact, yet. longer. much. by. Is his. aト. particularly. liar in the. of his lying･. with. sisters have. family,. told what. suspension. of. is the. is living. two. and. of the. and. is compounded. problem. Because. at home,. simple-I. long-distance ous. a. the rest. nature. we. His brother. about. in the. at the plot. cover. learn. but is intrigued. hours.. twenty-four. We. is simply. tires at the thought If. has died.. Interested. as. information. this. His father. her private. the mother. It be-. attention.. James,. sixteen-year-old. narrator. for the. the necessity. tion･ about ity:. including. child,. is the. yet. special. Since themati-. (G, p.155). books.. except. James. The. storytelling?. it is worth. youngest. home･. in flashbacks.. has died.. :. the. from. father. whose. is complex,. everything. Francisco.. away. the father,. fact,. read. of the story. moved. makes. Liar". line. wonderful. mother. the time. "The. 12). family. a. hours. station,. of the boy's. with. them,. and. bad. taken. from. on. and. a. continu-. his. be-. own. havior. In the drawer.. He. had. son's. told. prlVaCy. "What. a. lie about. is immediately. self-awareness her. his mother. SCene. openlng. lS. her health, evident.. a. letter. She is seriously. saylng. It doesn't. she. occur. her. to. that. her. ill. Her her. son's. lack. of. invasion. of. reprehensible.. difference. her thought.. reads. (G,. does p.. 155). it make. if James. has. nothing. to. hide?". --that. was.

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