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The Rat Trap By Selma Lagerlof

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In Selma Lagerlof’s short story, “The Rat Trap,”, the author writes about the temptations and meanings of life. Selma uses the story, "The Rat Trap." to convey a personal belief that not all kindness is a trap. In the story The peddler is being portrayed as a rat in the beginning. He trusts no one and acts bitter towards people, sharing his belief that the world is like a rat trap and life is full of bait. If you take that bait you will regret it. Later in the story the peddler is offered by a kind man and his daughter to stay with them for christmas, he declines the offer again and again implying that the man and his daughter were trying to trap this man with food and a nice place to stay, but they insist that they are just trying to help.
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