The matchmaker, Pinye Salzman, is a sly marriage "salesman" with the job of finding Leo a wife. ... Sloan's view of Salzman as a psychological mastermind, a marriage "salesman", is exactly the way I interpreted his character. ... I felt that the thesis of the story was focused on the psychological and "salesman" techniques that Salzman incorporates through out the story. ... The ending, when Salzman "chanted for the dead" (Malamud) and the characters themselves were all purposely left for open ended interpretations. ...

• Word Count: 1309
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His father, Louis Charles, was a veterinarian and farm machinery salesman and was also involved in local politics. ... "By then I was broke and I got a job in West Texas skinning dead cattle that died from a prolonged drought. They had been dead a while. ...

• Word Count: 1689
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

At one point he compares himself to Christ and she said, "Jesus was the only One that ever raised the dead". ... Manly aren't really a bible salesman, and also the fact that she isn't manipulating him but it's he who is manipulating her the whole time. ...

• Word Count: 1004
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School