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Posted by L. Swilley on August 02, 19100 at 04:52:36:
In Reply to: NEED HELP FAST! posted by Miranda Moen on March 07, 19100 at 10:49:37:
First, notice the order in which the subjects of the story are presented:
1. A description (visual) of the ping terrain.
2. Nick's father's excellent eyesight.
3. " " unsoundness on .
4. Nick's walking with the Indians (touch and smell).
5. Nick's ociation with Trudy () and Billy (hunting). And Nick's likeness to his father in his objection to Eddie's ociation with his sister.
6. Nick's memories of his father (visual scenes).
7. The father's underwear incident (smell). The beating and Nick's desire and readiness to kill. (The present Nick thrilling to the remembered hate.)
8. ***At this point*** the son awakens, drawing Nick's mind away from the hateful memory.
Nick and his son discuss/don't discuss the Indians (), an incident that forces Nick to join his father in the matter of restraint on . (The Indians - the principal locus of in the story - are presented here in olfactory and tactile terms).
9. Nick's son shifts the discussion to the father. Nick's acknowledges his father's superiority to him in matters of hunting.
10. Nick approves his son's desire to visit
the dead father's grave, and determines to pay that tribute himself.
[see the next posting]
L. Swilley