![]() ![]() ![]() The perfectionist wannabe author has been stuck with a one-sentence book for years and keeps postponing writing a letter to his estranged wife. ![]() Similarly, his irrational obsession over the choice of words has pushed him to the point of verbal paralysis, stalling his literary dreams. For example, he has been stuck in the same temporary clerical position in which he earns a pittance since he forgot his terms of employment and cannot muster the courage to write a protesting letter or explore other relevant steps. Moreover, words always elude him while speaking, and it has cost him dearly. He has a shy, mouse-like gait, wears oversized clothes, no teeth in the upper jaw, tall and thin, and exudes “a faint odor of smoke and basement room” (22). Joseph Grand compares to a mouse in his possession of the attribute of insignificance. ![]()
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