Poetry · Chapter
Boycott explained
A brief, metaphorical chapter describing a bomb (the boycott) being lit by Gompers, which shatters everything and reduces Gompers to a spot of grease.
What happens
A brief, metaphorical chapter describing a bomb (the boycott) being lit by Gompers, which shatters everything and reduces Gompers to a spot of grease.
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Narrative arc
Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the speaker’s obsessive pursuit of the divine rose fragrance…
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The narrator presents the scene of Gompers lighting the bomb.
Key passages
“This thing's a bomb, said Gompers, lighting The fuse; 'twill blow them all a kiting!”
Gompers declares the boycott is a bomb and lights the fuse, expecting it to blow everyone away.
Gompers initiates the boycott as a destructive force.
“Well, now 'tis shattered all to pieces. And Gompers but a spot of grease is.”
Now the bomb has exploded into fragments, and Gompers is reduced to nothing but a grease spot.
The boycott backfires, destroying itself and Gompers.
