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Summary Of The Fight By Adam Bagdasarian
“I felt as if a king on his way to the gallows, my wife beheaded, children sold for horses, and my servants set free.” In the story The Fight by Adam Bagdasarian. The main character Adam is prideful and overconfident in the beginning, but throughout the story he wants to fly-by-night more and more. In the beginning of the story “The Fight” the protagonist Adam is overconfident and cocky. He talks to his friend, Kevin about fighting Mike even though he’s three inches taller than him. Also when Mike accidentally elbowed him he glared and said he had a reputation for toughness to maintain. Finally when Mike confronted him at the lunch table Adam didn’t turn away the chance to back out. He is totally prideful and confident in himself in

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