English, 26.06.2020 15:01 mprjug6

What is the exposition of the short story Condensed Milk?

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Condensed Milk is set within a Soviet gulag, where most of the prisoners are forced to conduct hard labor while malnourished, unable to muster the strength to escape. Shestakov, the only named character, has been given office work and relatively comfortable conditions. He makes an offer to the protagonist to join in an escape attempt, which the latter deduces is a false plan meant to secure Shestakov's own position. The climax occurs in the end of the sequence in which the protagonist receives and drinks two cans of condensed milk, then refuses the deal on which the cans depended. By doing so, the protagonist gets the best possible result out of the current situation; receiving essential nourishment without giving in to what he knows is a sham of an escape attempt. The refusal is a risk, and relies on the idea that the cans are a small cost to Shestakov; the climax occurs when the protagonist takes this risk and gets away with it, saving his own life.

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"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire, mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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