The Man Who was Almost a Man

1. After reading the first paragraph, identify the narrator, the point of view, and the dialect.

The narrator is anonymous, the point of view is a third person narrative, and the dialect 

2.What is Dave's mother's response when he asks her if he can buy a gun? How does he ask her?

He asked her by hold up the catalogue and say god knows i want one of these. She reacted by saying are you crazy, gout out of here you fool.

3. What is Dave's reaction when pressed to tell the truth? What is the crowd's reaction when he tells? 

His reaction was saying my lord have i shot this mule and then he tried to help it. The crowd's reaction is feeling sad about the mule.

4. Think of the train as a symbol. What do you think it represents?

I think it represents that Dave will move on from killing the mule.

5. Is society better off without individuals like Dave? Should they celebrate his departure?

They are not better off without Dave. I say this because if there werent people like Dave, people wouldnt learn lessons like he did. It takes on person to teach people a lesson.

Blog 4: Lamb to the Slaughter

What were your thoughts about the ending of this short story? Could Mary Maloney get away with the same crime in today's current society? Why/why not? 

Your response to this blog should be two-three paragraphs [at least 5-6 sentences].

I thought the ending of the story was a suspenseful ending. The reader didn't know for sure if Mary would finally get caught or show some sign of trickery. I don't think Mary would get away with this crime if she did it today. I say this because the police would be more well trained and may be able to tell if she is lying. Also, she could get away with it because she played it well. She kept her emotions bottled in when she went to the grocer to fake that nothing happened. She also did this when the police came over.

Blog 3: GAC & Cage Reading

The GAC words for this week are: aggressive, authentic, contradict, extravagant, flounder, hone, perceive, quirk, saunter, and summon.

Use four (4) of these vocabulary words in a one-paragraph response to your reading over the weekend. What portions of the story did you find compelling [moving] in Chapters 34-40? Challenge: Include a quotation from the text.

In the reading, Riva had an authentic cut on her hand. The cut became infected and aggressively moved up her arm. Riva was floundering and had a lot of trouble and pain with the cut. Riva was rushed to the doctor and the doctor told Riva that if the infection doesn't stop, they will have to amputate her arm. Riva didn't know if she should contradict this remark. However, this could also save her life.