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Arrogance In Michelle I Know And To Build A Fire
Arrogance is not an inherited personality trait while it is a trait that many people have come quite accustomed too. Particularly shown by the characters in the short stories “Michelle I know” by Alison Lohans and “To Build a Fire” by Jack London the main characters show many aspects of their personality but their arrogance stands out the most dominantly.These characters show their arrogance through their selfishness, closed minded perspective and their negative and belittling outlook on life.

The main characters in both of these short stories are faced with difficult situations and act quite similar to them throughout their stories in more ways then none; imperticualriallly in Michelle I know, Michelle gets faced with a life threatening
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