Part one of term paper
Robert Lee "The Laugher" by Heinrich Boll is a short story that deals with a man and his profession. This is a symbolic story that explains the protaginist's life, characteristics and profession. The laugher descibes humself as a claque at night clubs. Bol writes " So i spent most evening in night clubs as a kind of discreet claque, ...

Part two of term paper
... natural for I never laugh off duty. I am a very solemn person and people consider me - perhaps so - a pessimist. This quote signifys that he is not a person that would bring his job home. For instance, if a doctor had to work on a cadaver, he wouldn't bring home the cadaver and work on it, he would leave it at the hospital, as is in the laughers situation. Finally, he only likes to lzugh on the job, but otherwise he doesn't have the deire to laugh in other ways. The laugher's married lif ...