Salvatore - blunt directness of her race meaning
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In the story Salvatore written by Somerset Maugham, Salvatore returned from Military service as he fell sick. People from his place knew that the doctor said that he cannot be well all his life.
Salvatore was in love with a beautiful girl. Her mother didn’t want her daughter to get married to someone who is physically unfit to work like a man. So she directly said that on his with her blunt voice.
Answer:
The meaning of the phrase blunt directness refers to the bluntness with which Salvatore’s fiance, tells him that she cannot marry a man who is crippled and who cannot work hard like her father.
Explanation:
She tells him with no great guilt or emotion that she could not spend the rest of her life with someone who could not work hard like an able-bodied fisherman. The way she said it directly to his face is what is meant by blunt directness.