Explain the theme of the lesson the tight corner
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Taken from his Giving and Receiving collection the reader realises after reading the essay that Lucas may be exploring the theme of struggle. The narrator knows that he does not have the money to buy the Daubigny but he hopes that by having a little bit of fun others will out bid him and relieve him of the pressures of having to admit that he does not have the money to purchase anything that is being auctioned. However the narrator’s own self-importance takes over and he bids on the Daubigny knowing very well that he does not have the money. It is a risk that most people would not take but the narrator feels invincible for some reason. As though he can enjoy a rich man’s game while not having the funds to play the game. If anything the narrator is allowing for his ego to run riot and take control
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In the essay 'Tight Corners' E.V. Lucas points out that tight corners can be both mental as well as physical but the mental tight corner is too much to bear. The Narrator's Tight Corner : Once the narrator went with his friend to 'Christie's, an auction-sale hall, where Barbison pictures were put up.