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What Is The Irony In The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner

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“The loneliness of the long-distance runner” is a story about a boy named Smith who is caught robbing a bakery and he has been sent to a borstal. They choose him to represent the town in the running competition because of his talent and he is physically capable of winning it for the town to boost town’s reputation. In the first passage, Smith talks about his training and how running long distance represent life. And in the first passage when he has a conversation with the governor he has this thought about “us” “them” and “I”. He describes them as “outlaws” and “in-laws”. Generally, in-laws are the people who obey the laws and have properties such as the bakery and outlaws are the poor people who don’t own anything and break crimes to survive
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