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Plot summary. An unnamed narrator recounts his experiences as a nine-year-old member of the Comanche Club in New York City in 1928. The leader of the club, “The Chief”, is a young law student at New York University who is described as lacking in physical attractiveness but appears beautiful to the narrator.
- J. D. Salinger
- 1949
Fiction. The Laughing Man. By J. D. Salinger. March 11, 1949. The New Yorker, March 19, 1949 P. 27. Childhood reminiscences. When the writer was nine (in New York City) he belonged to the...
5 dic 2010 · Summary: “The Laughing Man” is told by a nine-year-old living in New York City in 1928. He is a member of a Comanche Club troop. The narrator tells the story of his Scout leader, “The Chief,” a young law student at New York University. The Chief is physically unattractive, but the troop seems to hold him in high regard.
In J.D. Salinger’s short story “The Laughing Man,” irony is used to create a sense of ambiguity and complexity. The story is told through the perspective of a group of children who are part of a club that idolizes a mysterious figure known as the Laughing Man.
In The Laughing Man by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of innocence, escape, change and coming of age. Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator, who is looking back at a period of his life when he was nine years old.
by J.D. Salinger. Buy Study Guide. Nine Stories Summary and Analysis of "The Laughing Man" and "Down at the Dinghy" "The Laughing Man" The narrator of “The Laughing Man” is a man looking back on his youth, in the summer of 1928, when he used to participate in an afternoon sports camp/club called the “Comanches Club.”
Along with a crew of faithful compatriots, the Laughing Man moves between China and Paris, outwitting his nemeses, Detective Dufarge and Mlle. Dufarge (Dufarge's daughter), and committing crimes with a fair-minded flair that earns him widespread admiration.
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