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The premise of “Bumping Into Mr. Ravioli” lies in the fact those accustomed to the city life have the intrinsic tendency to forsake living for the vain sake of merely keeping busy. Whether or not by choice the net effect is the same: one loses the natural elation derived from admiring the exquisite edifices that surround them, the memory of reuniting with a once lost friend, the pleasure of giving pause to ingest the boundless possibilities and excitements all within proximal distance of their abode. Instead, they drone on forsaking their humanity, the individual social interactions both good and bad they may have otherwise encountered only to fade off into the mix of thousands of tiny specks on city streets. Expository information decisively …show more content…
In my opinion the author then seeks to analyze and justify his own lifestyle as a working adult in the City of New York, that he tries to convince himself that he is bound by personal ritual and custom to carry on in the mannerisms characteristic of his daughter's imaginary friend Mr. Ravioli. The greatest substantiation for this stance perhaps derives from the text by way of a statement the narrator makes while wrapping up his story: “If everything we've learned in the past year could be summed up in one phrase, it's that we want to go on bumping in to Charlie Ravioli for as long as we can.” When the narrator mentions “...bumping in to Charlie Ravioli...” he makes a direct reference to encountering the daily business of life, being put off and rescheduled, facing hurried and impersonal interactions. The prima facie evidence would tend to suggest the author is comfortable with this lifestyle and has no objection to this distinct element of city life. Whether one agrees or disagrees with this lifestyle, it remains that the author has chosen to abide by it and perhaps even feels a degree of safety and comfort in the ability to blend into his surroundings and if so confronted merely defer any challenging personal interaction to the impersonal medium of the telephone, email, or voice mail. Drawing on this, perhaps one of the morals of

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