The Moustache is a short story written by Robert Cormier and it is in the tragic mode of literature. There are many signs that tell me that it is in the tragic mode of literature. One sign is it follows the tragic plotline. In this short story the Author Robert Cormier tried to express to his audience that little things like a moustache are all it takes for people to bring back memories.
It brings back memories of when you were with someone special like a husband or a dad or mom. As I said before one sign that made me think it followed the tragic mode of literature as I said before it followed the tragic plotline. It started in minor conflict. The conflict is in the beginning when his mom tries to get him to shave his moustache off because he was going to visit his grandma who is living in an assisted living center. She thought his grandma wasn’t going to recognize him because she was having a hard time recognizing people and had never seen mike with a moustache before..
She was having a hard time recognizing people because she is 73 years old and is suffering from arteriosclerosis. This is a chronic disease that is characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the arterial wall. The rise to power in this short story is when the main character Mike is recognized as Mike by his grandma. The tragic flaw is when he realized that his grandma didn’t actually recognize him. His grandma actually thought that he was his grandpa who was also named Mike.
Although His grandfather has already passed away his grandma forgot that and Mike’s moustache made him look like his grandpa. That is the tragic flaw because he didn’t shave off his moustache and because of that his grandma didn’t recognize him. The death symbolism is in the end of the story when he shaves off his moustache and like I said before the smallest of things can bring back memories. Even something as small as mikes moustache.
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