HW for Thursday

Students are to complete the following assignment for Thursday 10/23:

Montana 1948 pgs 126-140 20pts

1. On pages 126 to 129, David walks to town. En route, he experiences a disturbing new train of thought. What is that train of thought? How might this represent a significant turning point in his life?

2. On pages 130 to 140, we reach one of the climaxes of the novel (novels, unlike short stories, can have several climaxes, just as a novel can more easily accommodate more than one protagonist; this scene, you might say, is the "climax" of the tale for David's mother.) On its surface, this scene might come from any number of other novels or films set in the West. How so? And more importantly, what is different here?

3. What do you make of Len and David's mother's embrace on page 140? (It's a small detail, but look at the short paragraph half way down the page where "Len step[s] back."