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91 Figurative Language Q1 What might “the germs of society” (line 16) in Ikey’s heart suggest about him? At six o’clock, Ikey Snigglefritz laid down his iron. Ikey was a tailor’s apprentice. Are there tailor’s apprentices nowadays? At any rate, Ikey sewed and pressed and patched all day in the steamy, smelly tailor shop. But when work was done, Ikey hitched his wagon to such stars as his own sky let shine. It was Saturday night, and the boss reluctantly laid twelve dirty dollars in his hand. Ikey subtly rinsed his hands in water, put on his coat, hat and collar with its ragged tie and second-hand pin, and set forth in pursuit of his ideals. For each of us, when our day’s work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or card games or lobster Newburg * , or the sweet silence of the old bookshelves. Behold Ikey as he strolls up the street beneath the roaring elevated railway between the rows of stinking factories. Pale, insignificant, dirty, cursed to exist forever in poverty of body and mind, yet, as he swings his cheap cane and projects the disgusting inhalations from his cigarette, you perceive that he nurtures in his cold heart the germs of society. Ikey’s legs carried him to and into that famous place of entertainment known as the Cafe Maginnis—famous because it was the hangout of Billy McMahan, the greatest man, the most wonderful man, Ikey thought, that the world had ever produced. Billy McMahan was the district leader. Upon him the Tiger purred, and his hand held manna * to scatter. Now, as Ikey entered, McMahan stood, flushed and triumphant and mighty, the center of a cheering crowd of his subordinates and constituents. It seems there had been an election; a signal victory had been won; the city had been swept back into line by a resistless flood of votes. Ikey crept along the bar and gazed, breathing fast, at his idol. Find a word which means: • someone who has less power or authority than someone else: sew patch hitch one’s wagon to a star subtly set forth stroll inhalation nurture germ purr flushed constituent Note * Newburg : rich sauce made from butter, cream, eggs, wine, and seasonings * manna : food which according to the Bible was supplied by a miracle to the Israelites after they escaped from Egypt The Social Triangle by O. Henry 5 10 15 20 25 Reading • Some expressions in the original text have been converted into modern English.