The reader has to pay close attention to each story's plot. The reader can better understand how each time period is different.
<span>When a social group is isolated for a long time, customs tend to ossify - making change difficult.
The verb <em>to ossify </em>in its primary meaning refers to bones hardening, to stiffening, fossilizing, solidifying, hardening. Its metaphorical meaning would be to stagnate, to cause difficulties, to cease developing, which is the meaning in the sentence above. </span>
Eddie states "I need to get a life, job"
