Spoil the child
Spoil the child
Spoil the child is a short story written by Howard Fast in 1991 and is taking place on the American prairie. In our story we follow a family of four, father, mother, daughter and a younger son. The father went hunting in the morning, and when he does not come back in time, and they realise they are about to run out of water, they become restless and Dave goes off searching for his father. Dave finds his father killed and returns to the wagon where his mom and sister are awaiting. When they ask him where father is he is pretending as nothing has happened. He orders his sister to go into the wagon with his mother. At night he is laying under the wagon guarding the family. Out of the night two Indians suddenly approach, they unharness the mules and the one of them is getting closer. Dave shoots one of them and the other one runs of. Dave harnesses the mules and gets them to safety. In the morning they have arrived by a river and the mother has given birth to a boy during the night.
Our main character starts out as a boy. A quite fine example is the first thing he does in the morning, which is riding a mule. Maude tells on him and he gets the licking from Ma. The dad leaves in the morning and everything is just the way it uses to be. The development of Dave starts when they are getting worried for Pa. They all think it is strange that Pa has not come back yet and they fear the worst, without saying so. Dave has now taken the charge and is going to search for dad. He finds his Pa killed, looks at him straightens his clothes and pulls of his shoes, despite “Men in the west were talking about dying with their boots on” – He is not quite grown up yet, else he would had let his father keep the shoes on. When he comes back to the wagon his thoughts are suddenly so serious and mature and he takes responsibility on his shoulders, it is like he aged during the trip but still he gets the licking from Ma.
If we take a look at the sentences from 70 to 80
Spoil the child is a short story written by Howard Fast in 1991 and is taking place on the American prairie. In our story we follow a family of four, father, mother, daughter and a younger son. The father went hunting in the morning, and when he does not come back in time, and they realise they are about to run out of water, they become restless and Dave goes off searching for his father. Dave finds his father killed and returns to the wagon where his mom and sister are awaiting. When they ask him where father is he is pretending as nothing has happened. He orders his sister to go into the wagon with his mother. At night he is laying under the wagon guarding the family. Out of the night two Indians suddenly approach, they unharness the mules and the one of them is getting closer. Dave shoots one of them and the other one runs of. Dave harnesses the mules and gets them to safety. In the morning they have arrived by a river and the mother has given birth to a boy during the night.
Our main character starts out as a boy. A quite fine example is the first thing he does in the morning, which is riding a mule. Maude tells on him and he gets the licking from Ma. The dad leaves in the morning and everything is just the way it uses to be. The development of Dave starts when they are getting worried for Pa. They all think it is strange that Pa has not come back yet and they fear the worst, without saying so. Dave has now taken the charge and is going to search for dad. He finds his Pa killed, looks at him straightens his clothes and pulls of his shoes, despite “Men in the west were talking about dying with their boots on” – He is not quite grown up yet, else he would had let his father keep the shoes on. When he comes back to the wagon his thoughts are suddenly so serious and mature and he takes responsibility on his shoulders, it is like he aged during the trip but still he gets the licking from Ma.
If we take a look at the sentences from 70 to 80