’Stolpestad’ William Lychack People have to make some changes in their life‚ it is not always easy‚ but it is necessarily. It is something that a lot of people go through‚ almost everybody. They got their normal day routine‚ which can be very boring. ”as if you’ve seen or imagined or been through all of this before‚ or will be through it all again‚ over and over” (p.4 ll. 103.104). This quote appears in the novel ‘Stolpestad’ by William Lychack. It is about a “boring” life that you are just
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STOLPESTAD We all know the type. He is a dry stick often a maverick. Although he is very aware that he feels he will be completely unable to communicate it. He will go to the local pub and stay there for hours and hours after the end of the day’s work - not because he’s an alcoholic but just because he can’t stand his wife asking him all the time - How was your day? Did you see anything exciting? What’s wrong? Why aren’t you answering me? It is because the main character in Stolpestad (2008) by
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Stolpestad Stolpstad is a story about a police officer in a little town. The officer is just ending his shift at work‚ he is not satisfied with his job‚ or even the town he lives in. He is living in a grey shadow‚ where his life just stands still while time is rushing by outside of the time. It is as if he sees every action in slow motion‚ he thinks everything is boring. Just before he is ready to go home‚ he gets a call‚ that a family needs his help because their dog has been injured really badly
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Stolpestad by William Lychack Stolpestad is a short story written by William Lychack‚ published in 2008‚ is about a policeman who gets called out at the end of his shift‚ to help a 9 year old boy with his suffering dog. Stolpestad is the main character in the story and the protagonist. He is not at all captivated by the task at hand‚ which I believe to be the antagonist of the story‚ but follows his orders and heads out to accomplish this odd task and shoots the dog. In the end he is confronted
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Stolpestad – William Lychack Get up‚ go to work‚ go home‚ go to bed‚ rinse and repeat. Many people are familiar with this situation‚ this loop. The concept of stagnation is not a new feeling amongst most people. Stagnation is the feeling of one’s life running on repeat‚ be it family‚ work or something different. When it’s the same stuff day in‚ day out‚ hating it until you finally lie dead and buried in the ground. This ’all too much known’ road through your life is almost impossible to escape
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Stolpestad by William Lychack I believe that we often consider the fact that we don’t get enough out of our lives. We think a lot about whether we live our lives to the full. Maybe someone chooses not to live an exciting life where every day‚ is a new day and a new opportunity. Whether we live a boring life – sometimes alone‚ sometimes with a family – we still wonder if we get enough out of our every day and avoid living a stagnant life. But is that even possible? Or does some just choose to live
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Stolpestad Everyone have had days where everything feels dull and repetitive‚ maybe even feel that you could predict what was going to happen next‚ because it feels as if you have done it a million times before. The main character of the short story ‘Stolpestad’‚ written by William Lychack in 2008‚ lives a life where every day feels exactly like this. The main character is conveniently also named Stolpestad‚ and in the following essay I will analyse and interpret his story. Stolpestad is an American
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Stolpestad Stuck and chained without any tendency of where your life is headed‚ requires necessary effort to go through. This is the situation for the main character in Wiliam Lychacks short story‚ Stolpestad. Without any whereabouts of his life directions‚ Stolpestad come across his own life through unpleasant confrontations of his own identity loss. “This is your life‚ Stolpestad” Stolpestad finds that his life gone tedious‚ waiting towards the end of each shift‚ lying and giving an excuse
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Stolpestad is a short story written by William Lychack in 2008. The short story takes place in a little town named Stolpestad. In this story we meet a man who works as a police officer1‚ one day he is called to a house where he is told that they have some problems with a dog. He goes there‚ and finds that the dog is sick‚ the mother asks him to shoot the dog‚ which he does after asking if they shouldn’t take it to the vet. While being at a bar after work his wife calls him telling him that there
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