The Magic Barrel
In our society, we confuse our feeling of love for infatuation. In the short story "The Magic Barrel," the main character in the story, Leo Finkle is a rabbinical student at the Yeshivah University. After six years of study he was to be ordained and he was advised my a colleague that if he were to be married he might find it easier to build a congregation. Leo found this a difficult matter because he had no personal desire to be married. His career as a rabbi had left him little time for personal to build relationships. So he pondered with the idea and he decided he needed help so he contacted a man named Salzman. Salzman is the antagonist in the story. Salzman had a business set-up as a match maker service. When Leo met Salzman he was disappointed by his narrow selection. Salzm
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Leo Leo, Salzman Salzman, Yeshivah University, , Magic Barrel, fall love, Leo Finkle, leo found, Hirschorn Salzman, love wrong reasons, fall love wrong, wrong reasons, love wrong,
Approximate Word count = 535
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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