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Analysis Of Aunt's Tale

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The quote started off at “None of us ate together,” so I assumed Aunt Gladys cooked four different meals at different times. This gets proven just before when Neil discusses about introducing himself to Brenda Patimkin. He says, “I’ll introduce myself” then followed up with Aunt Gladys’ response with “Casanova.” Then bringing it back to Neil stating, “and went back to preparing my uncle’s dinner (4).” This shows that Aunt Gladys plays a role as a caretaker. She works around the house to take care of her family, such as feeding them every night and cooking dinner at certain times. In addition, Neil mentions that “Life was a throwing off for poor Aunt Gladys, her greatest joys were taking out the garbage, emptying her pantry, and making threadbare
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