Characters - The main character of this story is the author, Max Braithwaite, but

addition characters in this chapter are Dave McDougall, Mrs. McDougall, and their

children Mary, Heather, Myron, and Charles.

Antecedent Action - The antecedent action in this chapter is when Max outlines

the events leading up to the moment when he left the train at Bleke. Those events

included: borrowing money for Max to finish Normal School, the incessant job searching

with the eternal job refusals, also when Max started training in motor mechanics and,

finally, when Max received a letter from the Willowgreen School District that there was a

job opening if he wished to take the offer.

Point of View - This novel was told in the first person point of view.

Inciting Force - The inciting force is when Max got the job at Willowgreen and

also when Max arrived at the Bleke train station.

2. The school didn t have much substance to it. The upstairs was 25 feet square with

windows on one side, it was all one room except for a small cloak room and closet, it had

a blackboard, and organ, a map with p

2) Max decided to just focus on teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic.

even destroy property when too many were pile along side something. The grasshopper

What these three things have in common is that Max has never encountered any of

- ...Orville Jackson sawed at his fiddle... pg. 57

- Bert kept saying we never died a winter yet so many times that it drove Alice

Myron McDougall - He was a trouble-maker, and he couldn t read a single word,

- Don t back yourself into a corner, in which case you have no choice but to lash

14. - He slithered around like a Bantu tribesman on skates... pg. 141

of Max s desk, and the inspector found them.

- Punish kids when your mad, cause they know your mad and if you wait to punish

from Indians) and he never drops them, he just keeps laughing at them without ever

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Approximate Word count = 1716
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)