In the text “Noah Count and the Arkansas Ark” by Gary Blackwood demonstrates how valuable being educated is by showing how the point of view changes throughout the story. The young man in the story is taught a lesson by his family on why being educated is helpful not only in school but throughout life. Throughout the text the readers can tell the family is poorly educated because of the way they talk. An education is very important because it determines the things or jobs in life.
The beginning of the story people can infer about the young man is that he is over his family saying that rain is coming but there is no sign of rain. In paragraph 5, granny said that it’s going to rain because the cat sneezed but there were no clouds in the sky. In paragraph 6, the dad said that he saw a “sow a carryin’ a stick in her mouth” the mother said “this morning the coffee pot boiled over” that’s another sure sign of rain. The young man sighed and said, “Them things ain't got no basics of science at all”. He feels that he is much smarter than his family and that he knows more than them at first. …show more content…
But he realizes all the things he found embarrassing his dad didn’t express his feeling toward it. The old man got his new nickname Noah because he built an ark which he called a raft. The young man was glad that school was out so he would not have to fight all the boys that call his dad crazy. In paragraph 14 states that his dad said that the big storm in coming because “they will not be the ones laughing when the big storm hits. They will be laughing out of the other side of their
The beginning of the story people can infer about the young man is that he is over his family saying that rain is coming but there is no sign of rain. In paragraph 5, granny said that it’s going to rain because the cat sneezed but there were no clouds in the sky. In paragraph 6, the dad said that he saw a “sow a carryin’ a stick in her mouth” the mother said “this morning the coffee pot boiled over” that’s another sure sign of rain. The young man sighed and said, “Them things ain't got no basics of science at all”. He feels that he is much smarter than his family and that he knows more than them at first. …show more content…
But he realizes all the things he found embarrassing his dad didn’t express his feeling toward it. The old man got his new nickname Noah because he built an ark which he called a raft. The young man was glad that school was out so he would not have to fight all the boys that call his dad crazy. In paragraph 14 states that his dad said that the big storm in coming because “they will not be the ones laughing when the big storm hits. They will be laughing out of the other side of their