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One might look at someone or something and think that everyone is created equal, and another would disagree. For instance, in the short story “Gaston’ Saroyan demonstrates how the perspective of a daughter completely contradicts over a bug. The daughter looks at the bug in a repellent way, the father however, looks at the bug in an approving way. In “Gaston” Saroyan uses imagery and symbolism to convey the importance of looking at things in a different way. Saroyan uses imagery throughout the short story “Gaston”, to show us the importance of looking at things in a different way. At first the girl in “Gaston” by Saroyan, refers to the bug in a bad manner: “He is a bug. He is an ugh” (Saroyan 2). On the other hand, the father keeps referring
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