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Who Is Uncle Nathan In The Skating Party
A person must learn to make decisions wisely because they will have to live with the consequences for the rest of their life. Uncle Nathan of Merna Summer’s “The Skating Party” is unable to decide between a life he wants to live and life that he presented to live. He feels obligated to live by others standards. He has spent 30 years of his life suppressing his emotions and the incident of his youth, he wishes he spoke up for what he truly wanted. Moreover, once Uncle Nathan’s niece, Maida discovers his past about the party and the stone man, her curiosity compels Uncle Nathan to ponder his past. The stone man symbolizes Uncle Nathan’s past decisions and current remorse. Throughout, the story Uncle Nathan illustrates the repercussions of
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