Literature has a strange ability to force an individual to look introspectively at their own existence and to question their own qualities - to self-evaluate. In the case of the chosen pieces, ... he? -- whence came he? -- and what are his objects? Strand explains how his main character also adopts behaviors that would normally be unacceptable. He "weep[s] like a schoolgirl, writes large suicide notes, and destroy[s] the living room furniture." " Each selection had much to teach about writing and how an author can bring a reader around to accepting and understanding a sentiment that might be...

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