What Do You Do With The Kid Who Can T Read?: Chapter Analysis

12 August 2015 In the chapter called “What Do You Do With The Kid Who Can’t Read?”, we find out that Faunia absolutely loves crows and that she almost considers them family. Faunia says that she is a crow in a human’s body and she hopes that she will turn back into a crow after she dies. This obsession with the birds reveals several things about Faunia and the story as a whole. First off, Faunia says that most people see the crows as ugly scavengers, which means she also implies that people see her in the same light. This shows us that Faunia knows people see her as ugly inside because of her difficult life and it also tells us that they see her as a scavenger, who takes anything that she is given because she is desperate. Faunia disagrees with other people say about the crows and she thinks that they are beautiful and smart. This shows us that Faunia sees hope in her life where others don’t and that she believes the events in her life have made her …show more content…
Addie is dying and her family is preparing for her death. There are many people there, all with different personalities and traits. Darl seems to be level headed and possibly the oldest of Addie’s children. Cash is a carpenter and he is building the coffin for Addie. Cash is described as the best carpenter and Addie is happy that he is the one building her coffin. The introduction of a carpenter is kind of odd at this point in the story, so it must mean something. Carpenters build things and the best carpenter will not stop building until the job is done. This gives us insight into the rest of the book. Addie is going to die once Cash finishes the coffin and no sooner, but if Cash is as good of a carpenter as Darl says he is then Addie will die very soon. Through this short scene we learn that Addie is on her deathbed and through the symbolism of the carpenter we see that with each board nailed to the coffin she is becoming that much closer to