Summary Of Man In The Well By Ira Sher

BOOM CRASH: A car caught on fire in the middle of the highway, Noah got out of his car as fast as he could and ran over to get the people out of the car. His mom rushes over, yelling at him to “stop”. “I can't leave those people in there to die,” Noah said. He got each person out one by one without getting too hurt himself. No one died that day, and it was all because someone stopped instead of driving by. This is an example of a hero. Someone who goes out of the way to help/save someone. The function of a hero is often to inspire and motivate, an example of a hero is what someone does and is not hurting or not helping someone.

The function of a hero is Segers when he demonstrates the characteristics of heroism by how even though he lost so much he still didn't stop living. In paragraph 9 it says “Nothing is stopping him.” Nothing, not even getting into an awful accident
In paragraph 10 it says “After an hour, he began calling again, but for some reason, we didn't want to answer. We got up and began running, filling up with panic as we moved, until we were racing across the ruts of the old field.” This shows negation by how none of the kids left to go get help. They stayed there, waited and did nothing. They left the helpless man in the well to rot. Another way that shows the children’s interactions with the “man in the well” revealed negation in paragraph 8: it says “I don't think anyone smiled at how easy it was to deceive him. This was too important.” They knew what they were doing, they knew that they were hurting this man and yet they still let it happen, they still left him to rot. They might be kids but they should have some common sense. There are many ways that show how the children’s interactions with the “man in the well” reveal