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Summary of my financial career with

Answer 1

My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock is a humorous account of the author's venturing into opening a bank account. The major theme of this piece is people's distrust in the institution of banking. He begins with a clear confession that bank and everything related to them rattles him. In an exaggerated manner, he describes his air of confidentiality and distrust makes the manager mistake him for a millionaire, but when he gets to know that he has only fifty-six dollars, he is directed to a clerk. The narrator mistakenly goes into the safe and then is guided to the clerk for opening his account. While he opens his account, people stare at him thinking that he is a millionaire. Nevertheless, intimidated and miserable, he takes a withdrawal slip and withdraws the fifty-six dollars and rushes out. The conclusion, hence is, the narrator keeps his money in his pant's pocket and his life's saving in a sock.  

Answer 2

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“My Financial Career” is one of Leacock’s earliest pieces, appearing in his first published humorous book, Literary Lapses. One of his most anthologized works, this short sketch of less than two thousand words already treats one of Leacock’s favorite themes: the effect of economics on the lives of men. When one remembers that Leacock took his doctorate in economics, it is not surprising that this piece illustrates the Everyman’s fear and mistrust of the bank as institution. Typical of his best work, the sketch opens quickly with the narrator’s frank admission that banks and everything about them “rattle” him.

He confesses to falling into a state of near idiocy at any attempt to transact business but is determined, now that he has more than fifty dollars in his pocket, to open an account. Timidly, he asks to speak to the manager. The manager takes him into a private room, locks the door, and proceeds to assure the narrator of utmost security. Because of the narrator’s air of confidentiality and distrust, the manager assumes he is a private detective or that he has a large sum to invest. Learning that the narrator has only fifty-six dollars, he “unkindly” turns him over to a clerk.

The narrator is now flustered, mistakenly walks into the safe, and is eventually led to the clerk’s window, into which he thrusts the money. When assured that it had been deposited, the narrator quickly asks for a withdrawal slip. Meanwhile he feels that people in the bank are staring at him, thinking him a millionaire. Intimidated and miserable, he quickly withdraws his fifty-six dollars and rushes out. The sketch concludes with the narrator’s observation that he keeps his money in his pants pocket and his life savings in a sock.

The humor of the piece is achieved not only by the exaggerated situation but also by a skillful use of short clips of dialogue. The narrator’s psychological intimidation is clearly presented by an economy of detail in which the scene richly suggests more than it relates.

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