Wallace uses dialogue to show the conflict that can occur between inner perceptions of self and outside perceptions of self.
Your answer is Carefree.
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Denotation, as connotation means the idea or feeling a word gives in addition to its literal meaning, while denotation means the literal meaning of the word in contrast to a feeling it may suggest.
Warm day
Ravens eating corn dogs in
The back of a truck