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Acquiring Tayloe In The Short Story Barney By Will Stanton
The short story "Barney" by Will Stanton is set on a deserted island where a scientist chronicles his experiences with his rat Barney that he experiments on. The reader almost immediately finds out that the scientist frames his assistant Tayloe in order to justify him firing Tayloe for "trying to kill Barney" by leading a trail of poison to Barney's cage. The scientist finds countless reasons to justify firing Tayloe, including blaming his actions on Tayloe being intoxicated, and preventing the scientist from further scientific progress. The scientist then continues with his scientific experimentation only to discover how threatening Barney's intelligence has become once he discovers Barney dragging books off shelves to read them. The scientist
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