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In the story “Bargain” written by A.B. Guthrie Jr., Baumer and Slade are always in conflict with each other. This resulted in Slade’s cruelty and prejudice toward Baumer. Although Baumer was the one being picked on he was a man with great intelligence and Slade was cruel and jealous of his accomplishments. Also, Slade had made nothing of his life so he picked on Baumer, but all along Baumer was planning something to hurt Slade. The effect on Slade was his death. Because Baumer was more intelligent than Slade he was able to outsmart him using his clever plan, thereby causing Slade’s death. As Slade gets more cruel toward Baumer, Baumer gets more embarrassed by what Slade does to him. Slade works as a freighter, a person who transports goods. A freighter must be strong but not literate. Slade was a American but an alcoholic and that could be one of the reasons why he was cruel and prejudiced. Slade had a terrible relationship with Baumer. Baumer thought Slade was a thief and once said, “He steal whiskey and call it evaporation. He sneak things from his load.” Baumer even knew how Slade did it.
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