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I remember reading a short story about a man and a woman at a restaurant. It's the man's birthday, and the woman surprises him by ordering a large cake and having the wait staff sing to him. After the waiters leave, the man starts whispering cruelties in the woman's ear, presumably about how the celebration is excessive, and she starts weeping. Also, she's wearing a fancy hat.

>> No.8563786

Mediocre reading of that. I suppose it's surface level, but there's a lot more you can take into account regarding the perspective of the narrator, what we do and don't know, whether the woman is actually crying since she's under the big brim of her hat and the narrator can't actually see her, etc...

Here it is, though. I googled "The Birthday Cake short story" and it was the first result.

http://rhsweb.org/assignments/Blaber/Essay%20Exposition/Description%20and%20Observation/The%20Birthday%20Party%20by%20Katherine%20Brush.pdf

>> No.8563799

>>8563786
>mediocre
bitch pls, it was a long time ago
thanks for the help
thread closed

>> No.8563822

>>8563799
No yeah I gotcha, I read this thing in high school as well, only reason I know it. Didn't mean to be sharp about it.
Have a good one o/

>> No.8563829

i am someone else and i just read and enjoyed this because of this thread, so thanks guys

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