Boll's "The Laugher"
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Robert Lee
"The Laugher" by Heinrich Boll is a short story that deals with a
man and his profession. This is a symbolic story that explains the
protaginist's life, characteristics and profession.
The laugher descibes humself as a claque at night clubs. Bol writes
" So i spent most evening ....
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.... it at the
hospital, as is in the laughers situation. Finally, he only likes to lzugh
on the job, but otherwise he doesn't have the deire to laugh in other ways.
The laugher's married life is not like any others. Boll writes "
During the first years of our married liek my wife would often say too me "
Do Laugh !"" This quote show that his wife never heard his real life. She
had always heard his " fake " laugh. She is telling him to laugh on
purpose. She is encouraging him to laugh so t ....
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