vents in effect to present themselves and allowing the reader to discover the meaning of these events on his or her own. The combative tone of the short story develops early as Nick remembers how he was thrown off the train by the brakeman, who uses a ploy that appeals to the innocence of the young man:
He had fallen for it. What a lousy kid thing to have done. They would never suck him in that way again (Hemingway 129).
Nick vows never to be taken for a fool like that again. He expresses his own combative spirit by indicating that he will fight back--"He wo
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