... enables him to successfully critique her. The Sargasso Sea is located in what is popularly known as the Bermuda Triangle, an area characterized by solitude, and it is most well known for its thick collection of seaweed that collects various pieces of useless debris as opposed to its extreme depth (Sea). By comparing her to the Sargasso Sea, Pound indicates that the girl is not known for her depth, but rather as an empty recipient full of gossip and useless information. She somehow captures vast amounts of stray social knowledge and stores it in her mind, having it on mental file should the situation arise to access it. As people view the sea as a mode of transportation, and intermediate between one piece of land to another, they view this woman as an intermediate between people- she has the ability to tell them what they need to know, cutting out ...

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