Accounting Study Sheet
Response Paragraph
By: Savannah Bonner
In the story “The Strangers That Came to Town” by Ambrose Flack, the Father decided to punish his sons. In order to become friends with the new family, the Father and his sons, Tom and Andy, went fishing with the Duvitches. While the Duvitches were busy doing their own thing, Andy decided to play a horrible trick on them. “We held a brief whispering conversation; and then, egged on by him and quite willing on my own, I played a shameful trick on the Duvitches, the memory of which will come back to the end of my days to plague me. Without considering further, I dropped the cake of soap into the tub of fish.” (Flack 6) Due to Andy’s trick, he ended up poisoning the Duvitches stock of fish. This bucket of fish was all that they had to dine on for the next week, so their Father gave them a punishment. The approach that the Father used to punish his sons was more than reasonable for these reasons. If the Father hadn’t disciplined them in such a way, the sons would have kept doing their antics and bullying the Duvitch family. The sons were also able to comprehend that they should not judge others just because they are different. Why should I value them any the less? Who would have dreamed that the Duvitches would have so much more to offer us than we have to offer them?” (Flack 17). This quote shows that just because someones different doesn’t mean they have anything less or are anything different to you and that’s what the two sons realized. The Father disciplined his sons by making them realize that their behavior was extremely wrong and he then made them make up for their behavior. After their punishment was over, the sons felt sorry what they did and became friends with the Duvitch family. “Tom and I took care not to play the part of triumphant heroes, even of redeemed sinners—that would not have suited our parent. Certainly, in appearance, we were more condemned than redeemed.” (Flack 1112). Which
By: Savannah Bonner
In the story “The Strangers That Came to Town” by Ambrose Flack, the Father decided to punish his sons. In order to become friends with the new family, the Father and his sons, Tom and Andy, went fishing with the Duvitches. While the Duvitches were busy doing their own thing, Andy decided to play a horrible trick on them. “We held a brief whispering conversation; and then, egged on by him and quite willing on my own, I played a shameful trick on the Duvitches, the memory of which will come back to the end of my days to plague me. Without considering further, I dropped the cake of soap into the tub of fish.” (Flack 6) Due to Andy’s trick, he ended up poisoning the Duvitches stock of fish. This bucket of fish was all that they had to dine on for the next week, so their Father gave them a punishment. The approach that the Father used to punish his sons was more than reasonable for these reasons. If the Father hadn’t disciplined them in such a way, the sons would have kept doing their antics and bullying the Duvitch family. The sons were also able to comprehend that they should not judge others just because they are different. Why should I value them any the less? Who would have dreamed that the Duvitches would have so much more to offer us than we have to offer them?” (Flack 17). This quote shows that just because someones different doesn’t mean they have anything less or are anything different to you and that’s what the two sons realized. The Father disciplined his sons by making them realize that their behavior was extremely wrong and he then made them make up for their behavior. After their punishment was over, the sons felt sorry what they did and became friends with the Duvitch family. “Tom and I took care not to play the part of triumphant heroes, even of redeemed sinners—that would not have suited our parent. Certainly, in appearance, we were more condemned than redeemed.” (Flack 1112). Which