... , and a thief. At the end of the book, this is shown by the fact that he comes back and is ready to get married, and even hang out with the disabled animals. Another requirement of the picaresque novel has been the satire and sarcasm concerning social classes. This is even demonstrated in the name of the book. The title lends itself ... to Isadora. This is quite a change from the Calhoun that is met in the beginning. It is actually the exact opposite. Johnson actually said in a statement to a group of college students that the whole book was about change. He says how it's important to ad...

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