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Passion is defined as â€Å"a state or outburst of strong emotion† (Oxford). When you are passionate about something, you have a strong feeling such as love, hate, or anger. Hate, on the other hand, is defined as â€Å"to express strong dislike for; criticize or abuse† (Oxford). In the story, Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff, the main character Anders, is very passionate about words. This very thing that he loves so much ends up being the thing he hates the most in life. Anders was a jaded critic and the story begins simply enough with him standing in line inside the bank. He was standing behind two women who were really getting on his nerves with their annoying, mindless conversation. Anders was immediately sent into a bad mood. After waiting in the line for a while, the teller who worked at the bank counter placed a sign in the window that read â€Å"POSITION CLOSED.† This further irritated the customers in line who had been waiting. When the teller walked t o the back of the bank, she noticed that everyone inside suddenly went silent. She turned around to see two robbers with ski masks over their faces and guns in their hands standing there. One of the masked men held his pistol against the security guard’s neck and said: One of you tellers hits the alarm, you’re all dead meat. Got it? The tellers nodded. â€Å"Oh, bravo,† Anders said. â€Å"Dead meat.† He turned to the woman in front of him, â€Å"Great script, eh? The stern, brass-knuckled poetry of the dangerous classes.† (WolffShow MoreRelatedCommentary On The Brain By Tobias Wolff1681 Words   |  7 PagesIn â€Å"Bullet in the Brain,† author Tobias Wolff uses a non-traditional plot and a technique of zooming in/zooming out to help readers understand the difference between wasting their lives or living fully. The effect of shifts in the plot, point of view, and different perspectives of his character startle the reader while simultaneously pulling him into an expanded awareness of the story and its underlying central idea. â€Å"Bullet in the Brain† demonstrates Wolff’s profound approach to life with theRead MoreAnalysis Of Bullet In The Brain By Tobias Wolff1018 Words   |  5 Pagesmany authors use the literary element conflict to develop their stories. Conflict in the terms of lite rature is split into three branches, there is Man against Self, Man against Man, Man against Nature. In the short writing â€Å"Bullet in the brain†, by Tobias Wolff; the main character Anders faces all three conflicts. Conflicts causes humans to react in other ways depending on how big of conflict it is, and what the person dealing with it, is capable of doing it. 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He clarifies in an interview with Sanford University what short stories require, â€Å"You want large results from it, and you re compelled by its very shortness to using all your resources of language, form and understanding† (Schrieberg 1998). He uses language in the story offering instances of imagery to describe the media critic. Anders is portrayed as weary, and elegantly savageRead MoreLife Is Too Short On The Brain By Tobias Wolff1608 Words   |  7 Pagesthrough overdosing on pills. In contrast, in Tobias Wolff’s short story, â€Å"Bullet in the Brain† an unconcerned book critique, by the name of Anders, dies from a bullet to the brain because of his reactions towards the criminals in the bank robbery. While the setting in both stories are distinctive, both stories achieve to show that life is too short. 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Written by Tobias Wolff, the story follows a man who finds the clichà © in anything and his final thoughts of his life as a bullet is moving through his brain. Saying I enjoyed this story would be the understatement of the century. The short story isRead MoreHenrik Wolff : The Dead End Of Western Civilization1394 Words   |  6 Pageswant to use by organizing their arguments or main points. In both Hipster: The Dead End Of Western Civilization by Douglas Haddow, and Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff, the authors choose to make use of intellectual diction in order to indicate the idea that an absence of spontaneity is holding society back. In Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff, main character Anders is described as being sarcastic, cynical, and argumentative. 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