The first scene starts with the eastern train "whirling onward" (Crane 79) from San Antonio through Texas, going west toward Yellow Sky. Jack Potter, Yellow Sky's town marshal, is on the train with his new wife, who "was not pretty, nor was she very young" (Crane 79). They are happy but uncomfortable, the bewildered them with all the amazing things. They were not used to it, and they are unnervingly aware of the proper surroundings. The travelers, and the waiter, and porter, look at them amusingly because their self-conscious affectations.
The Potters are supposed to pull into Yellow Sky train station at three pm.. As they get closer to the town, Jack Potter becomes more and more nervous. He has uncertainties about his choice to get married …show more content…
The drummer does not know the danger in this message from the people, the other people reacted in the right away. The barkeeper shut down the saloon and covers up the entry. One more person tells the drummer man that there is to be gunfire. Because Scratchy Wilson is experienced with a gun and is crazy when he is drunk. "The drummer seemed to be swayed between the interest of a foreigner and a perception of personal danger" (Crane 83). When the barkeeper tells the drummer man that some bullets will come into the saloon, the drummer becomes concerned.
The people, who live in Yellow Sky know Scratchy Wilson, tell the drummer man that the drunk wants to fight. But, the only man who stands up to him is Jack Potter, who is gone. The drummer man wants more answers, but everyone getting mad at him. The men drink as they wait for Mr. Potter to come back. Then they hear gunshots and loud footsteps.
Scratchy Wilson is walking up the street, holding two revolvers. As he walks, he yells challenges at the town's people, and he shoots his revolvers off. "The man's face flamed in a rage begot of whiskey. His eyes, rolling, and yet keen for ambush, hunted the still doorways and windows" (Crane 85). The town remains still and silent. No one wants to accept Wilson's challenge to a
The Potters are supposed to pull into Yellow Sky train station at three pm.. As they get closer to the town, Jack Potter becomes more and more nervous. He has uncertainties about his choice to get married …show more content…
The drummer does not know the danger in this message from the people, the other people reacted in the right away. The barkeeper shut down the saloon and covers up the entry. One more person tells the drummer man that there is to be gunfire. Because Scratchy Wilson is experienced with a gun and is crazy when he is drunk. "The drummer seemed to be swayed between the interest of a foreigner and a perception of personal danger" (Crane 83). When the barkeeper tells the drummer man that some bullets will come into the saloon, the drummer becomes concerned.
The people, who live in Yellow Sky know Scratchy Wilson, tell the drummer man that the drunk wants to fight. But, the only man who stands up to him is Jack Potter, who is gone. The drummer man wants more answers, but everyone getting mad at him. The men drink as they wait for Mr. Potter to come back. Then they hear gunshots and loud footsteps.
Scratchy Wilson is walking up the street, holding two revolvers. As he walks, he yells challenges at the town's people, and he shoots his revolvers off. "The man's face flamed in a rage begot of whiskey. His eyes, rolling, and yet keen for ambush, hunted the still doorways and windows" (Crane 85). The town remains still and silent. No one wants to accept Wilson's challenge to a