In Freudian terms it is the description of, if you like, a night's love making. ... Our first impression is that the short story has a quite romantic atmosphere; it is even erotic to a certain extent. All the dialogues, the little episodes take place between couples and are in connection with love or physicality, though not in a direct way in all the cases. ... Of those two, making love we find only his orgasm in the first paragraph. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Norman's young adult years, his mom became romantically involved. ... Norman did keep his mother's body, embalmed it in the basement, and sit her in a rocking chair in her room because of the love he had and not wanting to let her go. ... He felt forced to have a fight with his mom's boyfriend that eventually made him poison the two out of jealousy, love and the confused feelings for his mother. ...

• Word Count: 982
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• Grade Level: High School