Garrison Keckillor Analysis

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Out of all of the short stories we read this semester I would say my all time favorite would be "Gary Keillor” by Garrison Keillor. This is my favorite because a lot about this story I can relate to. "Never give up on beauty. Never compromise your standards out of fear that someone may not understand." (Keillor 429) I feel like this quote helped Gary go through with actually doing the talent show. Even though the students laughed at him, he at least needed one person to tell him something like that. Gary finally got payback on Bill at the talent show. Bill was kind of a bully to Gary, always making fun of him treating him like he is not perfect. After Gary messed with Bill's talent show act it was time for Gary to mess up Bill's act.

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