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Mary Asher Short Stories : A Study in Irony

Abstract

Mary Asher always hated fraternities and sororities. They stood for beer busts and racism and sexism. They were full of business students who always wanted to make money and who did not respect the real academic world she lived in. 'The business school,' she often snorted, 'should be in a trade school, not in a university. 'I am not after racism or sexism or money,' she thought, as she was preparing for her graduation from the History Department. 'I have learned from the mistakes of past generations. I know the oneness of humanity and that the greatness of the best civilizations has been in the heart and not in the economy.?

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