One soldier, a bigger one, a louder one, stopped a man walking by. A man in a suit, with a briefcase, a beard - some sort of professor. The soldiers stripped him of his coat, his shirt, his leather case, …

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When he opened the briefcase, papers flew out, a thousand doves flailing against the walls of the alley. The chef ran after them all, stopped them with his feet and arms, herded them back into the case.

Explore character development & theme in Rebecca Makkai's "The Briefcase" with this 10th-grade English worksheet. Questions & analysis prompts included.

Apr 18, 2016 · The chef, after all the prisoners leave, picks up the professors briefcase and creates a new life in exile. He spends his time reading the professors papers on the nature of the universe.

Jan 9, 2010 · Read Rebecca Makkai's short story, "The Briefcase," published in The Best American Short Stories, 2009. It is bleak, realistic in style and written in 3rd person POV. A prisoner in an …

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With the attention of the others distracted, he quickly yanked the briefcase out of the water, ran up the bank and dashed into a wheat field. Having hidden it in haste, he returned nimbly to the water.

In an unspecified country destroyed by war, a former chef-turned-political prisoner escapes his chains and steals the identity of a physics professor. In an unspecified time and place, an unnamed political …