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MONTANA 1948 Prologue: 1. The purposes of the images described create the setting of the story, which takes place in a quiet desolate town in a dry harsh land.

2. The reader knows that the story took place many years ago from the reminiscence frame of language that the writer takes on. "Forty years ago. Two months prior my mother died."� "I may not be the only witness left-there might still be someone in that small Montana town who remembers those events as well as I."� 3. The impact of these experiences would have been life altering for the narrator. He cannot go back to the town Montana because it holds to many bad memories that are to powerful for him to overcome.

Story Part 1: 1. The setting for the story is a small town in the desert set apart form the world. In the outskirts of the town there are farms and ranches however the land is very harsh and nothing grows well.

2. David's father is the town sheriff. As a visitor to the town you would think that no place like this would need a sheriff however this town has many dark secrets. He is very loyal to his father even though it is very obvious that his brother is their father favourite.

3. David's mother wanted his father to become a lawyer because the job was of a better status and would get them out of Montana. She did not want David to grow up in Montana, as she feared for his soul. She also wanted her husband to be himself and not just a Hayden.

4. David presents his grandfather as a very powerful man. He was a dominating man who grew strength from controlling others. He was also very popular and influential.

5. David's mother feared for his soul because she was concerned about his values religious and spiritual.

6. David prefers the country to the town because in the country he felt freedom, which let him be wild. David was not interested in the cusp of adolescence. He never felt like he understood how to act while in town he felt unconfident and self-conscience. In town it seemed like everything

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