mishap with a certain goose," when in his lifetime he "had been the husband of three wives, all long since dead; the father of twenty children, most of whom had like-wise returned to dust" (11-12). This insight into the officer's life exposes the frailty in his character caused by perhaps his greatest flaw of having such misplaced priorities. Containing an overwhelming amount of passion for food causes the officer to completely disregard things that rational people in society deem important, such as their families and loved ones, and instead c
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