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BY BERNARD MALAMUD

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A poor neighborhood in NY
summer
George's home and room in a  railroad flat building.

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מה אנחנו יודעים על ג'ורג' סטוינוביץ?
George Stoyonovich
He is 20
He quit school  when he was 16,
on an impulse
(באימפולסיביות וללא מחשבה)
because he ran out of patience
(הוא איבד סבלנות להיות בבית ספר)
He doesn't work
He stays in his room during the day
In the evening he likes to sit in the park.

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He wakes up and drinks coffee by himself.
He cleans the house.
In the afternoon he listens to the ball game.
He reads the World Almanac and some picture magazines.
In the evening he goes to the park.

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Mr. Catanzara
He is bald and stocky
He lives next to George.
He works as a CHANGE MAKER
in the train station.
עובד כקופאי בתחנת הרכבת
He likes to read the New York Times
מרמז שהוא חכם ורחב אופקים
Sometimes he gets drunk.
He likes George.
His wife watches him every night as he reads the newspaper on the stairs of the building

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Every night George sits in the park and dreams of a better life for himself.
He wants:
a nice house in a green neighborhood.
a good job
a girl friend
money
respect

George likes the park because it gives him a feeling of privacy.

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George's family.
His father is a quiet man who works in a fish market.
His sister Sophie is 23. She works in a cafeteria in the Bronx
His mother died
It is a family of immigrants מהגרים
They are very poor.

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George has known Mr Catanzara since childhood.
Mr C. cares about George.
When George was a child Mr. C. used to give him a nickel to by lemon ice with.
George likes Mr. C. , because Mr. C. cares about him and he asks different questions than the other people in the neighborhood.
Mr. C. spreads מפיץ a rumor that George is reading a 100 books this summer.

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George lies because he's embarrassed that he doesn't do anything with his life. Also because he wants to be respected.
Some of his lies:
*He lies to Sophie that he reads a lot.
*He lies to Mr. Catanzara that he is waiting for a job.
* He lies to Mr. C. that he reads to pick up his education.
*He lies that he is planning to read a 100 books this summer.