Keeping it from Harold
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Keeping it from Harold

by P.G. Wodehouse
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    Morality and Hypocrisy
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    Class and Social Status
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    Pride
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  • Harold Bramble
  • Jane Bramble
  • Bill Bramble
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  • Jerry Fisher
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    Glass/Goggles
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Glass/Goggles

Wodehouse uses glass and glasses to symbolize the intellect and delicacy associated with Harold. Harold’s intelligence is identified with his glasses from the very beginning of the story, when Wodehouse writes, “his eyes [were]…

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