Lengel) against the free-spirited, individualistic, and non-conformist (represented by the teenage girls). 1. ... In the last sentence of the story, Sammy realizes, as he walks away from the store, "how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter" -- but it will only be hard in the sense that Sammy will forever be forced to buck the Lengels of the world, who will outnumber him a thousand to one. ...

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He refused to be criticized and only had contempt for objective analysis. ... No military leader can hope to understand the realities of the situation on the ground from hundreds of miles away, and yet he came to believe that he could control all but the smallest units at the front. ...

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