At first I wasn't sure what was going on. I believed that the character left school and was on her way home, saw an accident and decided to be nosy. Then as she ventured along side the wreck she began to place stones in the mouths of the victims of the crash (that caused me to pause for a moment).
Moving along further into the story, I believed that she was trying to get a free ride from the ambulance driver to her sisters house. When she spoke of her plan to sit still I was a little confused. It wasn't until the end when she thought to herself that "they did not realize she was not me" that I understood the error in who the paramedics took back to the hospital. I guess the sisters were twins with her staying clam and causing her sister to react the way she did is what confused the workers. Thus leaving her to take her sisters place.
In pages from cold point I wasn't able to read the story in it's entirety. I will say this however, Racky seemed to not like people much and didn't want to be bothered. The way he expressed his thoughts about life and how the world should be wiped clean and how new life could form again.
Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 220 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.
When you said you thought the sisters were twins, i agree with you but what it it was one person. One moment one sister was there then the other moment the other sister was. Whic made me think it was one person.
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