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The Elevator Short Story
The Elevator
Believe it or not, many people have a phobia for elevators. In the short story “The Elevator” Martin has a huge fear of elevators especially the one they use in his apartment. In the story his phobia got worse and worse because of the mysterious obese woman who would come with him every time. She would mostly increase in fear by giving him a strange stare. Martin has a great big phobia for elevators. “He was always uncomfortable in elevators, afraid that they would fall”(31). this shows that to him the elevator seems to be a dangerous and a uncomfortable way of transportation. Martin fear increases with the many strange encounters with the mysterious obese lady. Martin fear increases with the many strange encounters with the

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