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says, "But every once in a while I like to talk to somebody, really talk, like to get to know somebody, know all about him" (8). However, Jerry never shows any real desire to understand or sympathize with Peter's life or problems, choosing to mock him instead and only softening when it appears that Peter may leave.

Peter simply does not seem capable of communicating, for he has surrendered his openness and perceptiveness to his traditional lifestyle and

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