Boeing Summary And Foreshadowing

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Boeing Boeing was about a man named Bernard who lives in Paris, and is engaged to 3 flight attendants from three different countries. Theres the American air hostess Gloria, the Italian air hostess Gabriella, and the German air hostess Gretchen. The other two characters are Robert who is a friend of Bernard’s, and Bernard’s housekeeper, Berthe. Bernard thinks that he has everything figured out, but the new Boeing Jet causes him loads of trouble. The new plane makes all of hostesses planes faster, and they are all coming back to Paris sooner than he expected. Eventually all finances are in Bernard's apartment at one time, and Bertha and Robert are left to help Bernard distract each girl so they do not run into each other.

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