Catbird Seat Essay

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Professor Baker 7 Feb. 2013 Comp II Critique of “The Catbird Seat” In the “The Catbird Seat” by David J. Birnbaum the story portray a bitter, but yet sarcastic tone that shows the author's point of view of everyone's sympathetic and pity towards him. In reality, he seems tough on the outside, and accepts the benefits that are given to him, but he has that hesitation of acceptance when people are giving him the benefits. Of course, he accepts everything, because who doesn't appreciate benefits that are given to them. When he got in the accident before his eighteenth birthday; he didn't know that he would be getting special privileges from other people until his first incident at the hospital. At that point, he started to take advantages of everything that is beneficial to him. Although, he looked like he accepted everything, but there was some things that just didn't seem like a benefit to him. Just like when at the theater; he had to sit separate from his college friends. He has turned down offers before, but of course he gladly accepts anything people are willing to do for him. In the story; it seems to be missing his rejections of offers, because its as though most of the benefits in the story has been made to be sarcastic. The story has a bitter sense to it as if he forcing himself to accepts all the benefits, because if not; he may seem ungrateful and not accepting of his

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