... getting caught up in disgust; Selzer uses intelligence and intuition to walk that fine line. By presenting the slug initially as something that made him "leap up, thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit to the bone" (128) he makes the reader physically feel the presence of the slug, that ghastly, filthy thing. In the next paragraph, however, his mood shifts. He describes it ... ...

• Word Count: 1358
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School