Blog 5 The Man Who Was Almost a Man

1. The narrator is Dave. The story is being told in third person. The dialect is very uneducated.

2. At first she denies it, but then he tells her it only costs two dollars and she agrees to let the family's father possess it. He asked her by convincing her it is a worthy investment by costing only two dollars from "Joe at the sto."

3. Dave begins crying and tells the truth. The crowd laughs.

4. The train represents the change from boyhood to manhood in Dave's eyes.

5. Dave is just very ignorant. He does not possess common sense. This particular society will better off without people like Dave because all he does is bring harm and complaints. The people should be thankful that they do not have to put up wit him anymore.

Blog 4: Lamb to the Slaughter

The ending of this story was not judicially fair. Mrs. Maloney, though I feel bad for her heartbreak, did not have the right to take her husband's life and get away with it.

In today's society, police officers would probably be suspicious if a suspect served them meat right after the husband has gone missing... So, she would probably not have gotten away with the crime. Also, technology has improved so much that almost no criminals go uncharged. It would be way too easy to catch her.

Blog 3 GAC and Cage Reading

In chapters 34-40, many things happened that could have easily instigated the end of Riva's life. The aggressive Nazis were constantly beating her and the other prisoners. Two sisters were caught stealing potato skins from the kitchen. Apparently, they floundered and were caught. Their names were Shane and Faige. All of the girls in the barrack were summoned to watch their punishment. Shane had to beat her own sister. The witnessed could perceive that she had "lost her mind."