In Part Two, the middle section of the novel details various actions of the Community of North Bath. The narrator, on pg., 302-306, recounts on how Sully and his son Peter arrive at Vera’s house to give Ralph the snow blower Sully stole from Carl Roebuck. Also how Peter is going to West Virginia to retrieve the rest of his stuff due to the fact that Charlotte, his wife, left him. In effect, Sully gives Peter Carl’s El Camino in order for him to travel back “home”. Peter is hesitant to accept his offering in account of wondering what Sully will drive. However, Sully recently purchased a new truck and the next day he was going to receive it. Peter accepted this generous offer and was prepared to take off for his journey the next morning. Sully
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Firstly, “Sully forgot about the snow blower in the back of El Camino which would fit into one of his theories about life.” And “what you didn’t have far more you appreciated what you have.” This theories portray an idea of how people always want the better things in life while they never pay attention to how great their life is because there is always someone who has it worse. In conclusion, people don’t appreciate what they have due to the need to strive for the better. Russo uses the literary technigcue foreshadowing to help the reader understand how he is trying to answer ones question of what are sully’s theories in life by stating the second quotation above. Next, Sully assumes that Vera’s stern moral training, to reassert itself, for Peter to confess that the snow blower is stolen instead Peter was grinning mischievously. Irony plays into this situation because Sully expects Peter would tell Ralph how the snow blower was stolen however by Peter grinning mischievously emphasizes how Peter is actually similar to Sully after all. Nevertheless, how Sully gave Ralph the snow blower that wasn’t even his shows how deep down Sully is a kind person who’s willing to literally do anything to help a person in need. Russo uses the literary techniques of paradox and symbolism to show how the snow blower creates a deeper
Firstly, “Sully forgot about the snow blower in the back of El Camino which would fit into one of his theories about life.” And “what you didn’t have far more you appreciated what you have.” This theories portray an idea of how people always want the better things in life while they never pay attention to how great their life is because there is always someone who has it worse. In conclusion, people don’t appreciate what they have due to the need to strive for the better. Russo uses the literary technigcue foreshadowing to help the reader understand how he is trying to answer ones question of what are sully’s theories in life by stating the second quotation above. Next, Sully assumes that Vera’s stern moral training, to reassert itself, for Peter to confess that the snow blower is stolen instead Peter was grinning mischievously. Irony plays into this situation because Sully expects Peter would tell Ralph how the snow blower was stolen however by Peter grinning mischievously emphasizes how Peter is actually similar to Sully after all. Nevertheless, how Sully gave Ralph the snow blower that wasn’t even his shows how deep down Sully is a kind person who’s willing to literally do anything to help a person in need. Russo uses the literary techniques of paradox and symbolism to show how the snow blower creates a deeper