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An example of imagery and symbolism would be the wind
Another example of imagery and symbolism would be the dead bird's eye it symbolized death, lust and violence, desire and degradation.
Part 3:
in the 3rd part the gun is important because the mother shoots it as pertection for her family.
Also the jars of food because thats what the uncle was throwing throughout the basement and the shelf fell on him causing him to die.
• Character Behavior or Psychology:
For Part one you must focus on characterization of the main characters listed below.

Grandfather: The narrators’ grandfather was the sheriff of Mercer County and he also owns a ranch. He loves power and loves to have control. That is why he decided to become the sheriff. The grandfather also favors the narrators’ uncle more then his father. For example, when the narrators’ uncle came back from the war there was a ceremony and the grandfather made a speech. When he made the speech, he asked for his son to come up and the narrators father didn’t even go up because he knew he was talking about the uncle.
Part One: in the future, just be sure to use proper MLA citations when you are using textual evidence. Overall nice job. 18/20
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Part 2: imagery:
In part two of the novel Imagery is still strong. As we read more I started to realize what the author likes to describe which is people and places and sometimes even smells. For example the author described Mr. Young bear like this, “A stern, censorious man. He was physically imposed-tall, barrel-chested, broad-shouldered, large-headed—and he never smiled. His lips were perpetually turned down in an expression both sad and disdainful. He seemed to find no humor in the world, and I have no memory of hearing him laugh.” Larry Watson is a genius when it comes to describing things. He will first describe a person and then go off of their appearance and then off of they’re emotions. Also his ability to describe places is exceptional. For example: “I loved Castle’s Bowling Alley, a dark, narrow (only four lanes), low-ceilinged basement establishment that smelled of cigar smoke and floor wax. The author paints a complete picture in your head as you read. The author goes far and beyond in describing things he even describes how the air smells, “But the wind has a different smell here. In North Dakota it always smelled like dirt. Even in the middle of winter with all that snow there could still be the smell of dirt in the air. As if the wind smells like the mountains. Like snow. Like stone. No matter how far away the mountains are, I still feel them out there. I can’t get used to it. I never will. I guess I’m a flatlander at heart.” Another quote from the novel that give you an idea of imagery is, “We were traveling in our new Hudson that my father bought that year, and even that big, heavy boat rocked slightly in the wind once we were out in the country.”
Predictions and questions:
I predict that Uncle Frank will not get charged for the murder of marie. He wont get charged because the his brother is the sheriff and he would not do that to his brother and try to believe it was not him. There will be a discussion over wether he did it and they will think it was him. I think that he killed her because she was telling people that he molested indian girls and he cannot have her telling people that or he will get in trouble.
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Part 3
(Christina dont answer those questions do imagery)Imagery:
The imagery in Part three of the novel gets more deep and more dark. for example, "I suddenly felt a great distance between us, as if, at that moment, each of us stood on our own little square of flooring with open space surrounding us. Too far apart to jump to anyone else's island, we could only stare at each other the way my mother stared at my father" (151).
"Footsteps thudded up the stairs, dull booms that could be mistaken, if one hadn't heard the real thing so recently, for a series of tiny shotgun blasts"(149).
"It felt stunned, still vibrating, the way the air feels in the silence immediately following a gunshot"(148).
Questions:
What happened to Franks Wife? -

- He used to be the town sheriff until he passed the job onto Wes.
- Narrator: “Why did my grandfather first run for sheriff? This one I can probably answer, from my memory and knowledge of him. He wanted, he needed, power.”
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~ Interesting Passages
~This passage tells you about what the Uncle has done to these poor girls, and the reason as to why Marie doesn't want to be alone with him. She wanted Dr. Snow because she has gone to the Uncle before and some of the things the Mother says has happened to her, but not to the worst extent.
~"His tone must have angered her, because her voice went right back to where it had been earlier, and though it seemed each word was the product of effort it also seemed born out of absolute determination. "What things? I'll tell you what things. Your brother makes his patients--some of his patients--undress completely and get into indecent positions. He makes them jump up and down while he watches. He fondles their breasts. He--no, don't you turn away. Don't! You asked and I'm going to tell you.All of it. He puts things into these girls. Inside them, there. His instruments. His fingers. He has... your brother I believe has inserted his, his penis into some of these girls. Wesely, your brother is raping these women. these girls. These Indian girls. He offers his services to the reservation, to the BIA school. To the high school for athletic physicals. The he gets these girls where he wants them.... Oh! I don't even want to say it again. He does what he wants to do." (page 47 Watson)
PART 2:
Important Passages
~This passage shows that Uncle Frank has always had a thing for Indian girl, it shows that ever since he was young he has been messing around with Indian girls.
~"Grandfather laughed a deep, breathy cuh-cuh-cuh that sounded like half a cough and half laugh. “Come on, Wesley. Come on, boy. You know Frank's always been partial to red meat. He couldn't have been any older than Davy when Bud caught him down in the stable with that little indian girl. Bud said to me, “Mr. Hyden, you better have a talk with that boy. He had that little squaw down on her hands and knees. He's been learnin' from watching the dog or the horses and the bulls.' I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some young ones out there who look a lot like your brother.” (Page 72 Watson)
~This passage talks about when David sees Uncle Frank walked out of his house before Gail saw Marie dead two hours later.
~ "I was going fishing with Charley and Ben and we had just come from Ben's house and we were riding our bikes along the tracks. We were going out to Fuller's gravel pit. Then I had to go to the bathroom. I didn't want to go all the way back to our house to go, so I used Len and Dasiy's outhouse," (In 1948 most, but not all, of the houses in Bentrock had indoor pluming, yet many homeowners chose to keep their outhouses operational. They saved water, for one thing, and they were useful in case of emergency--if the pipes froze in the winter, for example.) "I told Charley and Ben to go on ahead and I'd catch up. While I was sitting there I saw someone cutting across our backyard. There's a knothole you can see out of. I was pretty sure it was Uncle Frank. Then I got out and watched him go down the tracks. he was going toward town. I'm pretty sure it was him."
"You're pretty sure, David?" my father aske abruptly.
"What do you mean, you're pretty sure?"
"I mean I'm sure. I know it was."
"Did he have his bag with him?"
"I think so. Yeah. Yes, he had it."
PART 3:
~This passage is when David goes down into the basement and finds his father holding his uncle in his arms. And realizing that he killed himself.
~"Uncle Frank lay on the floor, his head cradled against my father's chest. The gash across Uncle Franks wrist had already started its useless healing: the edges of the wound had begun to dry and pucker; the blood, what was left in him, had begun to blacken and congeal. I could see only his right arm, but I knew the cut there was one of a matching set." (Page 160 Watson)
• Questions/ Predictions you have:
Part One:
• I predict David will remember this for the rest of his life and always wonder why?
• I predict that the grandfather will die and the grandmother will try to contact the family.
Important Passages
~This passage shows that Uncle Frank has always had a thing for Indian girl, it shows that ever since he was young he has been messing around with Indian girls.
~"Grandfather laughed a deep, breathy cuh-cuh-cuh that sounded like half a cough and half laugh. “Come on, Wesley. Come on, boy. You know Frank's always been partial to red meat. He couldn't have been any older than Davy when Bud caught him down in the stable with that little indian girl. Bud said to me, “Mr. Hyden, you better have a talk with that boy. He had that little squaw down on her hands and knees. He's been learnin' from watching the dog or the horses and the bulls.' I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some young ones out there who look a lot like your brother.” (Page 72 Watson)
~This passage talks about when David sees Uncle Frank walked out of his house before Gail saw Marie dead two hours later.
~ "I was going fishing with Charley and Ben and we had just come from Ben's house and we were riding our bikes along the tracks. We were going out to Fuller's gravel pit. Then I had to go to the bathroom. I didn't want to go all the way back to our house to go, so I used Len and Dasiy's outhouse," (In 1948 most, but not all, of the houses in Bentrock had indoor pluming, yet many homeowners chose to keep their outhouses operational. They saved water, for one thing, and they were useful in case of emergency--if the pipes froze in the winter, for example.) "I told Charley and Ben to go on ahead and I'd catch up. While I was sitting there I saw someone cutting across our backyard. There's a knothole you can see out of. I was pretty sure it was Uncle Frank. Then I got out and watched him go down the tracks. he was going toward town. I'm pretty sure it was him."
"You're pretty sure, David?" my father aske abruptly.
"What do you mean, you're pretty sure?"
"I mean I'm sure. I know it was."
"Did he have his bag with him?"
"I think so. Yeah. Yes, he had it."
• Connections to modern life or your personal life
Part One: The book has the same conflict as we do now in modern United States. Older men in the United States have molested women and girls from other ethic groups. In my many Law and Order SVU episodes I saw men bring women or children from other countries to the United States and molests them and the women/children don’t really say anything until it’s to late.

Grandfather: The narrators’ grandfather was the sheriff of Mercer County and he also owns a ranch. He loves power and loves to have control. That is why he decided to become the sheriff. The grandfather also favors the narrators’ uncle more then his father. For example, when the narrators’ uncle came back from the war there was a ceremony and the grandfather made a speech. When he made the speech, he asked for his son to come up and the narrators father didn’t even go up because he knew he was talking about the uncle.
Part One: in the future, just be sure to use proper MLA citations when you are using textual evidence. Overall nice job. 18/20
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Part 2: imagery:
In part two of the novel Imagery is still strong. As we read more I started to realize what the author likes to describe which is people and places and sometimes even smells. For example the author described Mr. Young bear like this, “A stern, censorious man. He was physically imposed-tall, barrel-chested, broad-shouldered, large-headed—and he never smiled. His lips were perpetually turned down in an expression both sad and disdainful. He seemed to find no humor in the world, and I have no memory of hearing him laugh.” Larry Watson is a genius when it comes to describing things. He will first describe a person and then go off of their appearance and then off of they’re emotions. Also his ability to describe places is exceptional. For example: “I loved Castle’s Bowling Alley, a dark, narrow (only four lanes), low-ceilinged basement establishment that smelled of cigar smoke and floor wax. The author paints a complete picture in your head as you read. The author goes far and beyond in describing things he even describes how the air smells, “But the wind has a different smell here. In North Dakota it always smelled like dirt. Even in the middle of winter with all that snow there could still be the smell of dirt in the air. As if the wind smells like the mountains. Like snow. Like stone. No matter how far away the mountains are, I still feel them out there. I can’t get used to it. I never will. I guess I’m a flatlander at heart.” Another quote from the novel that give you an idea of imagery is, “We were traveling in our new Hudson that my father bought that year, and even that big, heavy boat rocked slightly in the wind once we were out in the country.”
Predictions and questions:
I predict that Uncle Frank will not get charged for the murder of marie. He wont get charged because the his brother is the sheriff and he would not do that to his brother and try to believe it was not him. There will be a discussion over wether he did it and they will think it was him. I think that he killed her because she was telling people that he molested indian girls and he cannot have her telling people that or he will get in trouble.
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Part 3
(Christina dont answer those questions do imagery)
How did she react to this whole mess? -
Did she find out about Frank Raping Indian girls? -
to modern lifelife:
A lot of people deal with problems in different ways. People punch wholes threw walls, pick on someone, stay quiet about it, but others think it is right to take your own life. That is exactly what happen to frank. He thought it was the right thing to kill himself. People everyday kill themselves thinking its the right thing to do.
Also when david's dad found uncle frank in the basement dead they tried to cover it up. the reason for that was for him to go out with a good reputation. Lots of people today try to fake something for a good rep. It not always death, but like other things to make themselves look good or get out of trouble.

Predictions and questions:
I predict that Uncle Frank will not get charged for the murder of marie. He wont get charged because the his brother is the sheriff and he would not do that to his brother and try to believe it was not him. There will be a discussion over wether he did it and they will think it was him. I think that he killed her because she was telling people that he molested indian girls and he cannot have her telling people that or he will get in trouble.
Part 3 Questions:
(Christina dont answer those questions do imagery)
Questions:
What happened Wife? - Christina
Where did go? - Joey
How did mess? - Brian
Did she girls? - Brendon
Connections to modern life
A lot of people deal with problems in different ways. People punch wholes threw walls, pick on someone, stay quiet about it, but others think it is right to take your own life. That is exactly what happen to frank. He thought it was the right thing to kill himself. People everyday kill themselves thinking its the right thing to do.