With the Photographer - Short story - by Stephen Leacock - Notes - SUMMARY

 With the Photographer

-          Stephen Leacock

“With the Photographer” presents an amusing account of Stephen Leacock’s encounter with a photographer. In this essay, Leacock shows a special brand of biting humour. 

One day, the author goes to a studio to have his photograph taken.  The photographer disapproves of the author’s face and features.  He says that the author’s head, eyes, ears, mouth and other limbs are not proper. He makes the author twist and turn his face and body to capture right features. When the author shows his anger at this ill-treatment, the photographer finally captures the photo.

The author goes back to the studio to see his photograph. He is shocked to see that all his features are changed in the photo. The photographer changes the eyes, removes the eyebrows, and adjusts the mouth and ears. He is even ready to remove the ears entirely with the latest technique.  The author becomes furious. The author wants a photograph very much like himself, which his friends can preserve after his death.  But the photograph does not reflect his face at all. So, he throws the photograph at the face of the photographer and leaves the studio with tears in his eyes.

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