Homework 3.27.08

CR 274-276: The main theme of the story is that the way in which you treat others is how you can expect to be treated. In the story, Becky's sons are ostracized by the community and excluded. Neither the whites or blacks accept them and people are punished if they are associated with the boys. Thus, the boys go on a rampage and leave the town. Becky is left by herself and no one even knows if she is living or deceased. The story's setting plays a huge role in providing the reader with details. It is set in a small town a long time ago when horse and buggy and train were used for transportation. It is described as an autumn day when the chimney falls in on the house. It is easy to visualize the eye-shaped patch of land Becky's house sits on, as a sliver between the road and the tracks. The theme is developed by following the character's in the beginning stages, when Becky had the first child, through the end of the story when the boys are grown and leave.