In “On the Subway” the author, Sharon Olds, makes the characters doubt about each other. Through time and and point of view we know more about the characters and how the feel towards each other. At the beginning of the story, the lady is describing the boy because of how he has “intentional scars.” Which are scars he would get probably because of mistreatment he would have. She believes he's a thief because of “the casual cold look of a mugger” he has. The lady is immediately judging the boy by his “raw face” which makes him a dead looking. He might be going through a rough time for which they're “stuck..moving through darkness.” The tone describes how negative and positive the speaker is On the Subway. Through point of view it explains
