"THE DINNER PARTY" SUMMARY

 the beginning starts with a American Naturalist dinner party in India, with men talking about women and how they are unable to control their nerves. in the middle, the American watches but doesn't join in on the discussion. watching as a woman talks to a boy, seeing him bring in a bowl of milk. The American realizes the bowl of milk is for a cobra. Finally the American stops the conversation and has everyone stand completely still for 5 minutes. when a snake appears a Indian man shouts out that it was a example of perfect control. the American man responds by asking the woman how she knew the snake was there. she tells him it was crawling on her foot.  

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