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A closer read

"I shut them with great care, and then drew the curtains, enormous velvet curtains, and I placed a chair in front of them."

"The precautions I had taken in closing the shutters and going to bed in the middle of the room had only brought about the interlude I had been striving to avoid"

Overview of Plot

Irony

  • Main character thinks that his/her friends are playing a joke on him/her
  • He/she is in an anxious state for the entire dinner party
  • Goes to bed in the middle of the room to avoid having a trick played on him/her
  • A valet spills coffee all over the main character while he/she was sleeping because the bed was in the middle of the room
  • Maupassant seems to have a pattern of ironic situations in his stories
  • The man/woman was so paranoid about other people playing a joke on him/her that he/she ended up causing his/her own problem

Characters

Maupassant never directly states the protagonists name. Instead, he uses the word "I"

Also, the author never states whether the protagonist is a girl or boy

Traits: Very timid, anxious, feels threatened

Setting

  • Chateau in Picardy, France

  • Autumn

"One autumn I went to stay for the hunting season with some friends in a chateau in Picardy"

An Uncomfortable Bed

A short story written by: Guy de Maupassant

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