Peter Pupkin attempts suicide numerous times because he cannot be with the "hopeless love" of his life - Zena Pepperleigh. It is during one of these suicide attempts that Peter finds himself "heroically" saving the bank from a robber, and it is because he has become a "hero" that he is finally able to win over Zena. Despite the many instances in "The Bank Mystery" in which Leacock's narrator pokes fun at the people of Mariposa, the details of the sketch provide additional hints which tell the reader that the narrator is in fact, very much attracted to the town and its way of life: .
The foyer of the opera in Paris may be a fine sight, but I doubt it can compare to the inside of Eliot's drug store in Mariposa - for real gaiety and joy of .
living. (137).
This comparison states that Leacock's narrator would prefer to spend his time socializing with the people of Mariposa, than at an opera in Paris. It not only is a positive reinforcement of the people of Mariposa, but also displays the narrator's attraction for "small town life." .
In L"Envoi, which happens to be the last in a series of sketches that "The Bank Mystery" also belongs to, Leacock uses a writing approach dissimilar to the one used in his previous sketches that convey his feeling for Mariposa and small-town Canadian life. Instead of using irony and satire towards the people of Mariposa as he did in "The Bank Mystery ", Leacock uses satire and irony to show his disapproval towards those who have abandoned Mariposa to live instead in a nearby city. Leacock uses words such as "strange" and "odd" to describe the fact that Mariposa's past occupants are not aware that the train which takes them to the golf course or to the country club that they belong to, also travels to Mariposa. .
Strange that you did not know of it, though you come from the little town - or did, long years ago. .
Odd that you never knew, in all these years, that the train was there every afternoon (181) .
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