Summary for the story leap by Luis erdrich

"The Leap" is a short story by Louise Erdrich in which the narrator moves in with her now-blind mother, Anna, to whom she feels indebted. The narrator begins by describing her mother, one half of a former blindfolded trapeze act called the Flying Avalons. Though her mother, Anna, is now blind and never even talks about her days working for the circus with her first husband, Harold Avalon, she retains much of the grace she must have possessed then. The narrator says that she owes her mother her existence three times over. First, during Anna's act one day long ago, a huge thunderstorm formed, and lightning struck the main tent pole at the circus. The trapeze Harry (her husband) was swinging on fell down, and he plummeted into the crowd and died, along with two others. Anna might have been able to grasp his ankle, potentially following him down, but she made a split-second decision to save herself and her unborn child (she was seven months pregnant). Despite her efforts, however, the child was stillborn a month or two later.

when reagan refers to freedom in this passage, he uses repetition as a rhetorical device. repetition is when the same words or phrases are repeated few times to make an idea stronger and more unforgettable. in this case, when he talks about freedom, he starts the sentence whit this word followed by a verb in present simple and after an advantage of being free.

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answer: buck is a dog living a charmed life on the estate of judge miller, during the time of the klondike gold rush in 1897. he is the king of all the animals on the estate and as such enjoys special privileges, such as the run of the estate and the admirable position of being the judge's favorite dog.

this all ends the day he accompanies manuel on a walk through the orchard to a flag station, where manuel sells him to a stranger. manuel sells buck, because he has gambling debts he needs to pay and a family to support.

this one act changes buck's life irrevocably. it is the catalyst for the rest of the story about buck and his transformation from domestic pet to wild animal.

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