In the short story Gryphon, by Charles Baxter the setting takes place in Five Oaks Michigan, where the main character Tommy lives. His fourth grade teacher, Mr. Hibler develops a cough while teaching a Egyptian lesson on Wednesday afternoon. The next morning a substitute teacher comes in. the kids have not seen her before, and she was unlike the other substitute teachers. Tommy’s behavior changes when the substitute, Miss. Ferenczi acts strange while she is teaching and telling the student’s about weird, strange stories. Tommy likes her because she was different, and this makes interesting things happen at Five Oaks, and defends her because he wants her to stay at Five Oaks.
The first time Tommy and Miss. Ferenczi met, he couldn’t “Take his eyes off the woman”. (p. 43 L. 63) Tommy didn’t take long to see that, “ She didn’t look usual.” (p.43 L. 66) As she began to tell about herself, she talked about her mom being a pianist, her background history with family, and how her family’s money problems ended her up in Detroit.He learned about her, but she was …show more content…
Tommy mentioned and showed signals through the book that “ I liked her, she was strange.”(p. 56 L. 413) Her weird ways of teaching, dressing, eating, and her weird stories made tommy change and defend Miss. Ferenczi. Tommy changed throughout the book because he acted different when Miss. Ferenczi came. He was more alert, exited, and more “awake”. He became more participant during class, and he payed more attention. He even tried to make a weird story himself, while talk to Carl Whiteside on the bus ride home. Tommy defend Miss. Ferenczi on the bus, and he made it clear he cared about how he wanted her to stay. When Carl mentioned that she was wrong in class, he got defensive and made up a story off a “humpster” to convince Carl that she was right. It proves that Tommy wants to defend her because he likes
The first time Tommy and Miss. Ferenczi met, he couldn’t “Take his eyes off the woman”. (p. 43 L. 63) Tommy didn’t take long to see that, “ She didn’t look usual.” (p.43 L. 66) As she began to tell about herself, she talked about her mom being a pianist, her background history with family, and how her family’s money problems ended her up in Detroit.He learned about her, but she was …show more content…
Tommy mentioned and showed signals through the book that “ I liked her, she was strange.”(p. 56 L. 413) Her weird ways of teaching, dressing, eating, and her weird stories made tommy change and defend Miss. Ferenczi. Tommy changed throughout the book because he acted different when Miss. Ferenczi came. He was more alert, exited, and more “awake”. He became more participant during class, and he payed more attention. He even tried to make a weird story himself, while talk to Carl Whiteside on the bus ride home. Tommy defend Miss. Ferenczi on the bus, and he made it clear he cared about how he wanted her to stay. When Carl mentioned that she was wrong in class, he got defensive and made up a story off a “humpster” to convince Carl that she was right. It proves that Tommy wants to defend her because he likes