Mcteague Essay

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From the beginning of the passage, the narrator views Mcteague as a rather childlike man or more like a creature, but it is in the second half that reveals the author's tone as more accepting as he begins to develop a sense of genuine consideration of Mcteague's dreams. The death of Mcteague's mother gave him the opportunity to start his dream to build up his business of a dental office. We are introduced to Mcteague as a “young giant” with “heavy ropes of muscle”. It's the author's use of extended metaphors like “he suggested the draught horse, immensely strong, stupid, docile, obedient” and immense amount of details of Mcteague's appearance that reveals to us that he views him as a sight to behold as if he was a creature locked up in a habitat …show more content…

He begins to describe his workplace as rather simple and small, but it is when he realizes Mcteague's passions towards his craft that he, in a sense, abandons those examination and transforms it to hope for his future. This is easily seen when realizing that the passages that include long details regarding Mcteague and his workplace, are essentially longer than the single five sentence paragraph at the end that compliments Mcteague and accepts his dreams with open arms. This can be interpreted in a way that shows that the author would rather focus on what shows that the author would rather focus on what is wrong with Mcteague rather than praising him to high heavens for working hard and pursuing what makes him happy. This is shown through the tone shifts from the first two passages to the third and fourth. The author cleverly organizes his thoughts through the paragraph structure to easily mirror his thoughts from the beginning.
Mcteague is a man who pursues his dreams no matter his current state of business or anything like that. He is perfectly content with his state in life that none of that even matters. That is what the author slowly but surely realizes after close inspection of Mcteague's life. The author is

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