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What is the subject and central theme of the short story "the exercise" by Bernard mclaverty?

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central theme in the story :
Strict teacher way in educating his student.

The story tells about a teacher that often use corporal punishment such as caning to teach discipline to his student.

subject of the story is when a young boy is punished because rather than doing his homework himself, his father do it for him
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