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Pfaith8617
11.03.2020 • 
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Read this excerpt from "Look Homeward, Angel."

They laughed at his wild excess of speech, of feeling, and of gesture. They were silent before the maniac fury of his sprees, which occurred almost punctually every two months, and lasted two or three days. They picked him foul and witless from the cobbles, and brought him home . . . . And always they handled him with tender care, feeling something strange and proud and glorious lost in [him]. . . . He was a stranger to them: no one—not even Eliza—ever called him by his first name. He was—and remained thereafter—"Mister" Gant. . . .

Based on this excerpt, what can be inferred about Oliver’s neighbors?
They spread gossip about his unusual conduct.
They consider him a talented man and good friend.
They think he is a bit peculiar, yet they revere him.
They worry about his excessive behaviors.

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