"a foil is a character who contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, to highlight particular qualities of the other character."
The answer to this question is true
The narrator couldn't pursue the career of his dreams because of the situation on the job market. As an English major, he had wanted to be a writer, but couldn't possibly get the job. After several months of sending resumes to no avail, he heard of a vacancy in a newspaper agency. So, he got the job as a reporter almost by accident, and not because he wanted it. "<span>Though I’d never thought about being a reporter, I figured it couldn’t hurt to go on the interview."
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The bad shape of the job market serves as an external motivator to this story. If everything was alright, the narrator would have found another job, perhaps as a writer, and he would never have found out that he had a knack for journalism.
Some themes might be happiness and about finding family!
