Question

Summary on tax collector by pearl buck

Answer 1

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The tax collector himself had been deeply influenced by this big tooth of his. As a boy he had found that fear can become a substitute for liking, & when he realized that because of his grotesque appearance no one could like him without great effort, he allowed their fear to suffice him. His mother was a sensible woman, & she had tried to teach him that because he had this fearsome tooth, he must atone for it by more than usual goodness & kindness, in order to have the friends that all men need. But he found that it was hard to be good & easy to be evil, & to be continually kind made him irritable. Persuaded by the horror in the eyes of others when they saw him, he early gave up trying to obey his mother.

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