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    before him in the doorway of his home and asked‚ Where is he? Where is your brother?(Wolff 269) What is the measure of a rich man? Is it his material possessions‚ the extent of his spirituality‚ or is it how he chooses to share his wealth with others‚ whether it is material or spiritual? Are we really our "brother’s keeper" or are we keepers of only our own wants and desires? These are all questions posed by Tobias Wolff in his short story‚ "The Rich Brother." However‚ he provides an underlying answer

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    “My writing has been impelled by the desire to escape.” -Tobias Wolff Both Toby and his mother find the idea of escaping desirable. Toby does this in both physical escaping to another location‚ but also on an emotional level. Tobias Wolff chose the name Jack as a new beginning for himself. This is a representation of him escaping his past and making himself anew. He escapes his past by using his imagination‚ through the act of driving‚ and taking on different roles. Toby tries to pretend that his

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    The Rich Brother

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    The Rich Brother “The Rich Brother” by Tobias Wolff is a symbol of sibling rivalry. Like most siblings‚ no matter how much they do not agree and how different the siblings might be‚ they still love each other. Even though these two brothers‚ Pete and Donald‚ do not get along and are vastly different‚ they need each other to co-exist. In the “Rich Brother” there is one brother Pete is the successful materialistic brother and Donald the loner who lacks everything but faith. Pete has a family‚

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    Katherine Mansfield did a really good job at using theme through characterization. She first used Miss Brill’s attitude and appearance. Miss. Brill was a very classy old lady‚ “Miss Brill was glad that she had decided on her fur.” Back in the period that Miss Brill lived‚ it was very elegant to wear a type of fur around your neck‚ this usually symbolized wealth. The theme here would be acceptance‚ this connects to the world because there is always that one piece of clothing everyone wants or wears

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    story. Here the narrator speaks directly to the reader‚ giving us information the characters don’t even know. How is this an appropriate conclusion to the story? What final statement is being made about the character? In “Hunters In The Snow” By Tobias Wolff‚ A statement is being made by the narrator at the end of the story when it said‚ “They had taken a wrong turn a long way back” the ending indicates a dramatic irony; Kenny wounded in the truck‚ Frank and Tub eating in the diner‚ truly having no

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    Old School

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    Literary Analysis Title: Old School Author: Tobias Wolff Date of Publication: 4/11/2003 Genre: Fictional Biography Biographical information about the author: Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff was born on June 19th‚ 1945 in Birmingham‚ Alabama. He attended Concrete High School‚ which is located in Washington. Also‚ Wolff was expelled from the boarding school he applied to‚ under the self-published name of Tobias Jonathan von Ansell-Wolff‚ III. Wolff served in the U.S Army‚ in the 1960’s. Holding

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    On Being a Real Westerner 1. What is the plot of the essay? Wolff‚ a 13 year old is desperate to get hold of his stepfather Roy’s gun. Wolff’s mother doesn’t approve of him getting the gun‚ but Roy talks her into giving it to Wolff. Even though Wolff is told not to use the gun alone‚ he goes against his mother’s warning and aims at a squirrel. Being an animal lover‚ he feels guilty. 2. What effect did the gun have on Roy? Is there a hidden meaning to acquiring this object? Roy carried

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    Bullet in the Brain – analysis The short story “Bullet in the Brain” is written by Tobias Wolff. The story takes place in a bank‚ where we meet the main character Anders. We see the incident from an omniscient narrator’s point of view. The short story is told in chronological order with flashback. We meet Anders in the beginning of the text as a rude and sarcastic man‚ who has the need to be sarcastic towards a strange woman. When Anders gets shot in the head‚ the first thing the narrator tells

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    6. It is Jack’s lack of a stable‚ male role model that is to blame for his actions. To what extent do you agree? Tobias Wolff’s memoir‚ “This Boy’s Life”‚ explores the idea that an individual’s actions can be altered due to the people they are exposed to. The protagonist Jack Wolff lives an impressionable life where he undergoes somewhat of a dilemma in relations to his actions‚ being incapable of changing for the greater good of himself. The absence of a proper male role model plays a large role

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    “Tub’s Hardships” Being a man isn’t always easy‚ for most of their life they are taught to show no affection and to be tough in almost every situation. The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough. “Hunters in the Snow”‚ by Tobias Wolff‚ three hunting buddies‚ Frank‚ Tub and Kenny‚ set out on a hunting trip together as they have done for years. Tub‚ who is over-weight‚ self-conscious and a good friend‚ shows some of his weaknesses‚ strengths and hardships that are sometimes placed

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