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The Sentimentality Of William Taverner
“The Sentimentality of William Taverner” is set in chronological order with a few flashbacks. First, a man and his wife is having a disagreement on whether to let their son go to the circus. While Hester talk, William stays silent and doesn’t respond. The plot is introduced with Hester, William’s wife, arguing with William. Hester want to let her sons go to the circus, but William disagrees. Hester tells William, “Nobody was ever hurt by going to a circus.” She keeps talking about circus her father took her to when she was younger. William responds to Hester and tells her that he was at the same circus. William is upset about going because he went without his father’s permission. As the story goes on, Hester and William talk more about the
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