1. After reading the first paragraph, identify the narrator, the point of view, and the dialect.
This is in third person point of view, and the narrator is an omniscient narrator. This means that the narrator is inside Dave's head, and he knows his personal thoughts and feelings. The narrator is able to read the peoples minds and is not an actual part of the story, but more of a mind reader. The type of dialect that this story is written in is in a southern country way. This is why some of the words appear as slang, and they are not proper english.
2.What is Dave's mother's response when he asks her if he can buy a gun? How does he ask her?
She says no to the gun and then he keeps pushing her. She says his father doesn't even have a gun, and there is no need for him to have one either. She finally gives in after he makes many promises to her. He asks her by showing her the catalogue and showing what he wanted. She said he needed to save the money for school clothes for winter, but he says it is his money so he should get it.
3. What is Dave's reaction when pressed to tell the truth? What is the crowd's reaction when he tells?
Dave gets very nervous and he lies. After he told the truth though, Hawkins said he has to buy the mule. Everyone laughs at him because they say he has to purchase a dead mule, and they find it funny.
4. Think of the train as a symbol. What do you think it represents?
I think the train represents his life ending as far as the people from his town are aware of. Although he is not actually killing himself, he is getting away from the life he once had. In a way, he is ending his own life, without actually killing himself. He is also proving that he is man enough to live on his own and take care of himself.
4. Think of the train as a symbol. What do you think it represents?
I think the train represents his life ending as far as the people from his town are aware of. Although he is not actually killing himself, he is getting away from the life he once had. In a way, he is ending his own life, without actually killing himself. He is also proving that he is man enough to live on his own and take care of himself.
5. Is society better off without individuals like Dave? Should they celebrate his departure?
No, they should not celebrate his departure because Dave is what makes the society the way it is. One person affects the society drastically, and his accidents should not make the people hate them. The society is not better off without him, but he is better off without them. This is true because they were rude to Dave and laughed at him when he was very upset. The society didn't treat him well, and nobody deserves to be treated like that.
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