Sympathy For The Old Bird

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The Old Bird, A Love Story J.F. Powers creative diction creates a feeling of sympathy for Mr. Newman providing him with scenarios where his knowledge of experience comes in handy, for example, when he makes the information girl smile shows that he knows that he might get a job so he makes sure she likes him to give the greatest chance at getting the job. believe that the story does convey sympathy for Mr. Newman because throughout the story every time he believes somebody is going to act negatively towards him such as the information worker who was his first test of applying for a job. “The girl laughed, making Mr. Newman feel like a regular devil, and handed him the application.” With age comes knowledge and experience , both of which Newman has lots of. aking the ‘friendship’ with the girl at the beginning of this process was important because it made Mr. Newman feel comfortable and gave him confidence that he showed to Mr. Shanahan. …show more content…

Mr.Shanahan brought out the first signs of nervousness from Newman who tried to be calm and collected. Again, however, we see the story conveying sympathy to Newman because although he does not get the white collar job he expected he was able to start working that day on a new job. “... But can you begin right away?’ it was the final test. ‘Yes i can.” Shanahan sees that Newman wanted a white collar job, but because there is no job yet, and he sees the potential in Mr. Newman he gives him a chance by starting off working with a temporary job. With this job came another bump in Mr. Newman’s road which is a boss that he would need to

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