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Character Analysis Of Mary Jane Parkenstacker In While The Auto Waits
Realistic is the real part of life or related to exact fact with the life, where as unrealistic is not related with the creation of life. Some people pertain to be good unrealistically, by hiding the truth of their personal trait in life. But in the reality of life, they are different; their status, personality, and occupation. Similarly, in the story, “While the Auto Waits,” the girl Mary Jane parker pretend to be the rich person and the young man parkenstacker pretend to be a poor person, but the fact is that the both of them are the contrary. Some people pretend to be something better than what they are not, just to feel the power and ostentatious. In the story, the young man, and a girl both lied with each other to become superior or to attract one another. However, the girl was pretending her own identity by being ostentatious, ambitious and self-deception of becoming the luxurious person. …show more content…
The young man prakenstacker makes advances, but the Mary Jane Parker pertains to be of an upper class and talks something about dissatisfaction with her “rich” life, then leaves him to return to where her driver waits for her in an automobile.” I am sick of pleasure, of jewels, of travel, of society, of luxuries of all kinds” (4). Parker demonstrates that she was not satisfied with her impecunious life and she wants to have a pleasurable life and luxuries. Sometime people run toward their luxuries, but they forget the price of what makes them delight. Making the false statement of the life don’t exist that long. For an example, Mary’s co-worker, waitress has told about the occupation or status of Mary Jane very clearly, and also weighed Mary Jane’s ability by mentioning you could not able to own an automobile

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