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The Girls In Their Summer Dresses
Leah Chiarantano

Mrs. Lwowska

ENG3U1-12

September 13th, 2010

The Girls In Their Summer Dresses

The short story ‘The Girls In Their Summer Dresses’ by Irwin Shaw has two main characters named Michael and Frances. Frances shows three character traits because of Michael which are observant, argumentative, and sarcastic. Frances shows a keen eye at being observant and realizing things happening in front of her. Her husband constantly looks at other women in a tempting way and she makes note of it in her mind to point it out; “You always look at other women… at every damn woman in the city of New York” (Shaw, 3). Frances always brings it up and doesn’t let it slide. Secondly Frances is very argumentative by proving her point,
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