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An Analysis Of 'I Have No Peace Anywhere In My House'

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The quote “With all this labor and begging there is never enough to do more than feed us today,” accurately represents how Lung’s story begins. He is first portrayed as a lower class farmer who has so little money, he is taking his second-ever bath on the day of his wedding. As the story progresses, his life becomes more closely depicted by the quote “‘What is this sickness that turns you full of evil and your skin as yellow as clay?’“ Lung becomes obsessed with the slave girl, Lotus, and only when the flood recedes does he return to the earth. The last years of his life are best illustrated by the quote “‘...I have no peace anywhere in my house,’” because as he grows closer to death, his family becomes more diverse and extensive than he has

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