1. Ignorance is bliss
It is the general belief that "if I do not know, therefore it cannot be" state of mind that causes people to feel this way. ... At the beginning of the story, "A light fringe of snow lay like a cape on the shoulders of his overcoat and like toecaps on the toes of his galoshes", but he was trying to "scrape the snow [off]"(185). ... He cherished the "colour on her cheeks and that her eyes were shining," that made "A sudden joy went leaping out of his heart"(223) When Gabriel walked with his wonderful wife the snow was beginning to be "slushy underfoot; and only streaks and patches of snow lay o...
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- Grade Level: High School