Cradle Hold Literary Analysis

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In the short story Cradle Hold Harry, Dukes father, notices that Duke has some feminine tendencies and was small for his age. He didn’t like this. He tried to get him to do more manly things. Eventually, after a couple of tries to get his son to become a man, Duke got a girlfriend, Hillary, and Duke wanted to invite her over for dinner, so he talked to his dad and told him to “behave”. Hillary came over and grew fond of Dukes parents, especially his dad because he gave her a bracelet from New York. After this Duke did something just to surprise and please his father, Duke tried out for the wrestling team. He made the team as a substitute at 135 lbs. Harry never missed a match. Duke was undefeated and eventually became second best in the county and made it to the county finals and went up against Bankman, who is also undefeated. This story had an effective exposition, good suspense and imagery.
This short story had a very effective exposition. The author, David Klass, did a good job introducing the character. He introduced Duker very well by describing him and his personality. The st...

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