Frank Alpine
The Assistant is about Frank Alpine’s transformation from a petty thief into a compassionate, self-sacrificing and loving human being. Frank is a 25 years-old wanderer of Italian extraction, who came from San Francisco to New York in search of a new and better life. He is the protagonist in the story. His past in conveyed by a series of incoherent memories of want, guilt and failure. Everything he does seems to be an effort to escape his past. According to Frank, a good person is someone who’s honest with other people, who can have discipline and have control over his action. A good person also has good education but Frank doesn’t have education at all. For him, St. Francis is a very good person because he can speak with Good and call the birds. Frank fails to understand the nature
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Some common words found in the essay are:
St Francis, Helen Morriss, Francisco York, Frank Alpines, According Frank, st francis,
Approximate Word count = 528
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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