so important to the populace that they claim "small tragedies occur" if the show is missed. While these events consist of nothing more than bumping into door frames, spilling soft drinks, and other small things, they are enough to make the townsfolk take notice, and therefore the show rarely gets missed. This is verified by the last sentence of the first paragraph, "Most of them know better now." All of these elements are evidence of the mundane repetition of life in the town. The people, however, seem to like it this way.
             The character development of Edgar is practically non-existent. The reader finds that he rose to his position in the town through a gues
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