In “the first seven years” by bernard malamud, how is the central conflict of the plot resolved at the end of the story?
1. feld gives sobel his job back but forbids sobel from courting miriam.
2. feld realizes that miriam and sobel have already become engaged.
3. feld decides not to interfere in sobel’s relationship with miriam.
4. feld rehires sobel as his assistant and things go back to normal.

because each is self-sufficient.  

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violets are black,

for what you said,

i hope you sit on a big fat tack.

that is true because that is something they fulfill for their work.

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