A thesis statement is like the hook of the story the main part of the story to tell it if that makes since. A claim is a argument of the essay
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The narrator is confused because it its unclear why does he live in a shabby home.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The civilian that the author is talking about in the passage had been retired from the service of the Hussars at a very young age of thirty five. Even though he settled in a wretched and a little village, still the life style he had was extravagant.
It was not clear to the people living in the surroundings that why was he living in such a shabby place. At his home, champagne flowed like water and the officers of high post of the regiment used to come for dinner. Even after this, he always used to be dressed shabbily so it was very confusing for the people living in the surroundings.
Postmodern society a society occurring after the modern society. It can mean as a new practice that replaces or reorganizes concepts dealt with by modernism or an extension of the modern - same concepts but more validated techniques. It is also the age of capitalism in a global marketplace.