Trent Kildow
Hensley
English 11 / Seventh Period
06 February 2017
Part 4: Setting The Invalid?s Story was during the late 19th century on a train heading to Bethlehem, WI to Cleveland, OH. The characters had to endure the harsh winter winds and the spine chilling temperatures while on a raggedy old train. They were trying to deliver the body of their friend to his parents in Bethlehem. The title is very significant because the word invalid means a person is made weak or sick, which in this story the main character is affected by Typhoid Fever. The whole setting for this story is just dark,cold, and depressing throughout the text, they have to suffer through the entire trip with the bad smell. They try so many things to not have to smell the horrible stinch, and in the end it doesn't even help. The most symbolic thing was the cheese because it was supposed to be his friends body and the smell of the cheese leads the narrator to think that his friends body is causing the smell not the cheese. …show more content…
The setting in general just makes it even worse because they are stuck on a old train overnight while enduring freezing temperatures. The main character and Thompson both were sharing a broken glass pane to be able to get a breath of fresh air because the smell was suffocating them. The main character said,?Thompson sat down and buried his face in his red handkerchief, and began to slowly sway and rock his body like one who is doing his best to endure the most unendurable? (pg 3 Mark Twain). At the end both of them ended up with Typhoid Fever which will eventually end up being the cause of their
Hensley
English 11 / Seventh Period
06 February 2017
Part 4: Setting The Invalid?s Story was during the late 19th century on a train heading to Bethlehem, WI to Cleveland, OH. The characters had to endure the harsh winter winds and the spine chilling temperatures while on a raggedy old train. They were trying to deliver the body of their friend to his parents in Bethlehem. The title is very significant because the word invalid means a person is made weak or sick, which in this story the main character is affected by Typhoid Fever. The whole setting for this story is just dark,cold, and depressing throughout the text, they have to suffer through the entire trip with the bad smell. They try so many things to not have to smell the horrible stinch, and in the end it doesn't even help. The most symbolic thing was the cheese because it was supposed to be his friends body and the smell of the cheese leads the narrator to think that his friends body is causing the smell not the cheese. …show more content…
The setting in general just makes it even worse because they are stuck on a old train overnight while enduring freezing temperatures. The main character and Thompson both were sharing a broken glass pane to be able to get a breath of fresh air because the smell was suffocating them. The main character said,?Thompson sat down and buried his face in his red handkerchief, and began to slowly sway and rock his body like one who is doing his best to endure the most unendurable? (pg 3 Mark Twain). At the end both of them ended up with Typhoid Fever which will eventually end up being the cause of their