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Refund Fritz Karinthy - Summary Fritz Karinthy is a well-known short story writer who wrote the one-act play “Refund” in 1938. This is the story of a former student Wasserkopf, who demands that his tuition be refunded because he feels his education was worthless. But he loses his fight when he is tricked by the mathematics master.  The play “Refund” is full of humor and deals with an extraordinarily absurd situation. Wasserkopf is forty years old. He could not get any job and wherever he goes people tell him that he is fit for nothing. One day he meets Leaderer and asks him about his business. When Leaderer tells him about foreign exchange and Hungarian money, he is not able to understand anything and starts asking questions about foreign exchange. Leaderer says when Wasserkopf does not know the silly thing then what had he studied? He better go to the school and get his tuition fees back. Wasserkopf, who is jobless and does not have any finance, thought of this idea as something benefi…