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Kenneth In The Intruder

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The final story “The Intruder” uses a violent symbol of a gun to display the main character Kenneth’s own push to maturity. Kenneth struggles with being viewed as a child and being secondary to his sister. He takes multiple actions to prove his maturity: “He worked slowly, pausing often to listen for Douglas's car, because he wanted to be cleaning the rifle when Douglas came” (Dubus 273). This quote helps develop the reader's interpretation of kenneth by highlighting how he wants to prove his maturity. He specifically goes out of his way to appear manly by cleaning a gun while others are watching. Kenneth pushes himself to the point of proving his manliness so far that he believes an intruder is coming into his house and he feels the need
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