Todd Franklin Contemporary Lit, 1 3-9-00 Paul Dimitburh and Wallace Flint together paint the spectrum of society. They show the qualities of a good person, a bad person, and qualities that both types of people have. Both Wallace and Paul were successful in high school. This is shown in the book on page 60 when the book talks about Wallaces straight-A success as a student in high school and on page 122 when it mentions that Paul …showed first 75 words of 341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 341 total…quite fond of them. In contrast, Wallace often treats his mother with disrespect as when he begins to paint her room every time she goes to work. In Conlusion, my interpretation of the main point the book was that even though many people have similar traits, there is an important difference between poeple, which is the compassion towards other which is shown by Paul and not self-centeredness, which is shown by Wallace. Bibliography Grand Opening