After the first few classroom pets die, the students seem to care less for the subsequent deaths, marking the class’ transition from the restitution narrative to chaos narrative. In “The School,” death is thrown at the students from every angle, so quickly that they don’t have time to mourn each passing because something or someone else is sure to die soon after. However, with the accumulation of so many deaths, the students reach a breaking point where they feel compelled to peg the teacher for answers and
After the first few classroom pets die, the students seem to care less for the subsequent deaths, marking the class’ transition from the restitution narrative to chaos narrative. In “The School,” death is thrown at the students from every angle, so quickly that they don’t have time to mourn each passing because something or someone else is sure to die soon after. However, with the accumulation of so many deaths, the students reach a breaking point where they feel compelled to peg the teacher for answers and