Analyzing Gretchen's Poem

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There is a saying once you climb on you now have to ride it out. That means that once you start something you need to finish what you started. That is what Uncle Emil says to Calvin Gant, his nephew, while he holds on to the back of a swimming moose. Cal, the main character, meets a girl in high school who is beaten at home and does not tell anyone because she is afraid that her dad will beat her more. Cal attempts at trying to get Gretchen’s dad, Mr. Luttermann, arrested by trying to frame him of stealing alcohol from an liquor store, but gets caught stealing the alcohol for the plan. Cal ends up going to jail for 30 days, but something happens that allows Cal to go home for a few days. While he at home, Cal goes and completes his mission of framing Luttermann and he is apprehended because of Cal’s plan. When the writer was little he was playing golf and was playing poorly and after a few holes, he wanted to stop playing. He decided to continue playing and after the first nine holes he wanted to leave but …show more content…
The way Cal was going to achieve that was by making him look like he stole from a liquor store, so he is arrested and when Gretchen’s dad is trying to defend himself, the jury would not be able to believe him because he would be assumed as a drunk. That is when Cal climbs on to the plan and it ends up going downhill for him because while drawing up the plan, Cal gets caught and is put in jail. While Cal is serving his time, his father dies from a heart attack and Cal goes home for a few days. When Cal is home he goes to his father’s funeral and the rest of his time he spends finishing the scheme to frame Luttermann. Cal’s plan is successful and Luttermann goes to the slammer. When Cal comes home from being in jail it is just like him riding out the scheme after he starts

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