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Another man temporarily hired by the government to push bonds. He appears before the third act of the show that Miranda and Adam see together. Miranda describes him as “a local dollar-a-year man, now doing his bit as a Liberty Bond salesman.” He would otherwise have been a painfully mediocre man, but his stint as a bondsman makes him feel important. His sales pitch is all dead metaphors and theatrics, and Adam says he “looks like a penguin.”
Bond Salesman Quotes in Pale Horse, Pale Rider
The Pale Horse, Pale Rider quotes below are all either spoken by Bond Salesman or refer to Bond Salesman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Pale Horse, Pale Rider Quotes
“Adam,” she said, “the worst of war is the fear and suspicion and the awful expression in all the eyes you meet…as if they had pulled down the shutters over their minds and their hearts and were peering out at you, ready to leap if you make one gesture or say one word they do not understand instantly.”
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Miranda and Adam are leaving a show that was interrupted by a bond salesman’s pitch. He gave a theatrical, clichéd speech, persuaded the audience to purchase Liberty Bonds, and then everybody joined together to sing “There’s a Long, Long Trail.” Miranda and Adam initially poke fun at the salesman’s self-importance and the audience’s willingness to buy into it, but the whole experience troubles Miranda, and she considers the salesman’s speech within the larger context of the psychological impact of World War I. War kills soldiers and civilians abroad, but it harms those back home, too. Miranda states that the war Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in.
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Bond Salesman Character Timeline in Pale Horse, Pale Rider
The timeline below shows where the character Bond Salesman appears in Pale Horse, Pale Rider. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
...nailed at each upper corner, gathered in the middle and nailed again, sagging dustily.” A bond salesman appears onstage and proceeds to give a speech about the importance of buying Liberty Bonds....
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After they’ve exited the theater, Miranda calls the bond salesman “Just another nasty old man who would like to see the young ones killed.” Adam...
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