... than Leo finding him. This shows that Salzman has a God-like presence in that he knows when he is needed and will come to those who need him the most. In the end, Leo sees a picture of Salzman's daughter, Stella, who Leo falls for immediately. Though Salzman seems reluctant at first to set them up, it later seems as though this was his ... to have Leo fall for Stella in hopes they could redeem each other. The last lines contain, "Around the corner, Salzman, leaning against a wall, chanted prayers for the dead" (Malamud 423). Here, Salzman is seen praying for the spiritually dead in hope...

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... good and evil. Although the story allows the reader to mentally picture the scenes and the movie does the depicting for the viewer, there are several similarities in each script. Some of these similarities are the way the characters are depicted and the final scene. There are several incongruous scenes between the short story and the way the movie unfolds. The differences are the amount of time that is spent on the character development, also ... speak, stars and stripes came right out of the sky...and when he argued a case, he could turn on the harps of the blessed and the shaking of t...

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