Why philip sletherby thinks highly about himself
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In the story A Shoot in the Dark, Philip Sletherby is portrayed as a person who takes time to analyze people. He does not allow people to get the better of him or fool him. He asks many questions about the person with whom he is going to stay to his co-passenger who is a stranger to him although he knows his host very well. This helps him from losing his money to the stranger. Philip also makes it clear to the stranger that he knows the man was trying to cheat him.
In the story The Silver Lining, Mrs Bhandari is a pleasant and helpful South Indian woman who is married to a North Indian. Her only sorrow is her daughter who is deaf and mute. Although she first considers Mr David to be very rude for not answering her questions, she thinks highly of him and serves him extra food when she sees her daughter laughing happily with him after a long time. It is then that she learns he is also deaf and mute like her child.
In the story The World Renowned Nose, Long Nose is a person whose nose starts to grow very long after he turned 24 years old. While this first keeps people away from him initially, soon this makes him very popular and he becomes a politician, millionaire, and a celebrity. However, his long nose also lands him into various problems.