You need to tell people what you are talking about. How are we supposed to answer this, who's Cole?
What entirely are you asking ? this question seems incomplete .
In a Summer´s Reading by Bernard Malamud,George's daydreams tell us about him that he shares the expectaions of the American Dream.
He wants to be well-off , to get a job that would allow him to buy a house with porch in a green suburban area. This money would gain him people´s respect.
George avoids Mr.Cattanzara by crossing the street when he approaches Mr Cattanzara´s house. He feels despair because he is unable to keep his promise to read 100 books.
"George knew he looks passable on the outside, but he was crumbling apart." He feel this way because he has managed to earn people´s respect by making them believe he can read such a large number of books; however, he knows his lie is short-lived and will soon be discovered.
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this phrase, you are creating an image of the trees making a choice to reach out their branches and claw at the woman's face. This is personification because clawing is a human action and usually requires a conscious decision – trees cannot actually make the decision to claw at people.
