What does "There was an accident; the air locked, he was hung in the river like a heart. They retrieved the swamped body," mean by Margaret Atwood in the death of a young son by drowning?
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Step 1: In this excerpt from Margaret Atwood's writing about the death of a young son by drowning, the phrase "There was an accident" indicates that something unexpected and tragic occurred. Show more…
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