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Dante and the Lobster Summary & Study Guide Description
Dante and the Lobster Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Dante and the Lobster Plot Summary
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The story opens with Belacqua Shuah, the protagonist, studying the "canti of the moon" of the Paradiso of Dante Alighieri. He is confused by the text and becomes bored with it. Frustrated, he slams the book shut and thinks about what he has to do with the rest of the day. "First lunch," he thinks, "then the lobster, then the Italian lesson." To prepare lunch, he spreads out a newspaper on the table and then goes over and lights the gas burner on the stove. He takes out the toaster and thinks about the proper way to make toast. Slicing some bread, he carefully and methodically toasts it. Coating the toast with mustard, hot pepper and salt, he prepares to eat it, then thinks better of it. He wraps the toast in newspaper and leaves his apartment.
Keeping his head down so as not to be bothered as he...
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