Quotes From 'Two Fishermen' By Michael Foster
Brittany Jewell
Brittany Jewell
Two Fishermen
1. a) Michael Foster – “a tall, long-legged, eager young fellow”
Michael is a newspaper reporter for the town newspaper, the Examiner. He becomes fishing buddies with K. Smith (Smitty), but doesn’t associate with him in front of other people.
b) Mr. Ted Bagley – Mr. Bagley is a spatulate-fingered man who owns Bagley’s hotel.
c) K. Smith (nicknamed Smitty) – “A mild, harmless-looking little guy”
Smitty is a lightly-built man with greying hair; described as polite and unthreatening by Mr. Bagley. He is employed as a hangman and the townspeople hate him for it. He has a wife and five children, and becomes friends with Michael while fishing with him.
d) Thomas Delaney – A man charged and hanged to death for the murder of Matthew Rhineheart. He had …show more content…
The old man, Rhineheart, was killed by Delaney after giving him a bad beating.
f) Henry Steadman – “a squat, heavy man”
Henry is the town sheriff; a stout man with a long mustache.
2. The reporter, Michael, has a pre-conceived idea that the hangman shouldn’t be such a small, frail-looking man. He is almost unbelieving that such a meek, polite person could hang criminals for a living. 3. Sympathy is raised for the accused person by adding a description of what happened leading up to the death of the victim. The murder is portrayed as a crime of passion, or perhaps self-defense. 4. The townspeople strongly oppose the execution, and show this clearly, as “the crowd had thrown sticks and bottles and small stones at the out-of-town workmen in the jail yard”. They also crowd Smitty, harassing him, and pelting him with stones after the hanging. 5. The law officials stand by the hanging sentence, but do not seem to agree with it. One of the jail guards, Willie Matthews, is sickened by it, and the sheriff hangs his head mournfully.
Brittany Jewell
Two Fishermen
1. a) Michael Foster – “a tall, long-legged, eager young fellow”
Michael is a newspaper reporter for the town newspaper, the Examiner. He becomes fishing buddies with K. Smith (Smitty), but doesn’t associate with him in front of other people.
b) Mr. Ted Bagley – Mr. Bagley is a spatulate-fingered man who owns Bagley’s hotel.
c) K. Smith (nicknamed Smitty) – “A mild, harmless-looking little guy”
Smitty is a lightly-built man with greying hair; described as polite and unthreatening by Mr. Bagley. He is employed as a hangman and the townspeople hate him for it. He has a wife and five children, and becomes friends with Michael while fishing with him.
d) Thomas Delaney – A man charged and hanged to death for the murder of Matthew Rhineheart. He had …show more content…
The old man, Rhineheart, was killed by Delaney after giving him a bad beating.
f) Henry Steadman – “a squat, heavy man”
Henry is the town sheriff; a stout man with a long mustache.
2. The reporter, Michael, has a pre-conceived idea that the hangman shouldn’t be such a small, frail-looking man. He is almost unbelieving that such a meek, polite person could hang criminals for a living. 3. Sympathy is raised for the accused person by adding a description of what happened leading up to the death of the victim. The murder is portrayed as a crime of passion, or perhaps self-defense. 4. The townspeople strongly oppose the execution, and show this clearly, as “the crowd had thrown sticks and bottles and small stones at the out-of-town workmen in the jail yard”. They also crowd Smitty, harassing him, and pelting him with stones after the hanging. 5. The law officials stand by the hanging sentence, but do not seem to agree with it. One of the jail guards, Willie Matthews, is sickened by it, and the sheriff hangs his head mournfully.