What is the ugly middle position in which jack was caught from should mommy hit wizard.?

Answer 1

In the story, should wizard hit mommy,Jack feels caught up in an ugly middle position towards the end of the story. This ugly-middle position can be explained in terms of the fictional-realistic aspect of the story.

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Jack used to tell stories to Jo since she was two years old,every evening. When he would narrate the story he is completely immersed in fiction. He creates characters and blends it in the story with his mimicking gestures and expressions. In short,he is a good story teller. He doesnt like it when Jo interrupts his story or questions his story on the basis of her reasoning skills or when she wants her views forced into the story. He wants to narrate his fiction without missing a beat. He wanted Jo to hang on his every word. In short,while narrating the story, Jack is the king of this fictional phase.

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And after telling the story,when he goes downstairs,he sees his six months pregnant wife doing the living room woodwork painting work. Now,the reality phase dawns upon him. He has just stepped down from the fictional phase to a phase of plain basic reality. He just floated down to apt reality from a world of magic spells,wizards and whatnot. That was a fictional world that he created. But now,downstairs with his wife,its a different phase. Here,he gets caught in an ugly middle position which is a phase between the fictional world and the realistic world.

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