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Short Story: Standard of Living
Author: Dorothy Parker
Question: Explain what comment Dorothy Parker is making on the standards by which people judge their own lives and those of others? What aspect of this story is considered escape fiction, support answer with references to the story?
PLease help have been stuck on it for a while.
Thank you
Author: Dorothy Parker
Question: Explain what comment Dorothy Parker is making on the standards by which people judge their own lives and those of others? What aspect of this story is considered escape fiction, support answer with references to the story?
PLease help have been stuck on it for a while.
Thank you
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Answered by
Ms. Sue
Parker comments on the shallowness and materialism of contemporary society. The girls are the epitome of selfishness and irrelevant standards. The escape fiction part is the imagining of a person leaving them a million dollars in a will.
http://aurora-suryacinta.blogspot.com/2012/04/standard-of-living-by-dorothy-parker_18.html
http://aurora-suryacinta.blogspot.com/2012/04/standard-of-living-by-dorothy-parker_18.html
Answered by
Steve
Thank you Ms. Sue
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