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Read the following paragraph: “ you can buy happiness, if it’s an experience”

How does the final sentence of the article refines key details of the text?: "We bet nobody's gotten into a fight while waiting for that oyster."
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Read the following paragraph: “ The Long Night of the Little Boats”. By basil heatter, 1970

How does the figurative language in paragraph 6 help the author develop the imagery of the battle? Provide textual evidence to support your answer.

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This is my answer for doing it on Common Lit, hope it helps:

The final sentence "We bet nobody’s gotten into a fight while waiting for that oyster party" contributes to what Editor Scott Hensley had said about going downtown and waiting in line with a "friend" rather than buy tickets online for the Old Ebbitt Grill's annual Oyster Riot. It had put up to saying that people waiting in line had too much fun to even "start a fight", like how people complain that they don't get refunds from returning tickets online, or when people give a bad review that, who knows, could start something big in the future. Waiting in line make's you interact more with the people or friends around you, having a bigger probability of having fun rather than starting one of those sibling fights. Of course, some people often don't like oyster or seafood, but you can find yourself waiting for oyster on a line tomorrow, lauging with your friend louder than the megaphone they use to call out names for oyster soup. Who knows.

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