<span>The story is making fun of the way people fear death. The smelly cheese was enough for Thompson to lose control of his common sense. People become gullible when they are afraid and because all people will die eventually there is no reason to fear death.</span>
A noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example the dog in Jimmy fed the dog.
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I’m guessing critical listening since you’re critically aware of overgeneralization and you’re asking questions sorry if this is wrong
