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I believe that the story is sat to the late og early winter, because of the
ground, which where covered with a sleet that had frozen so that it
seemed as if all the bushes, the grass, and the bare trees and ground had
been varnished with ice. The creek was frozen and a covey of quail was
protecting themselves from the cold under a high clay bank.
Schatz spent is day in bed, distant, while his father tried to read to him,
without getting any response from Schatz himself. In the end he decide
to take the Irish setter for a walk, but when he returned Schatz refused to
let him in to he`s room, fearing his father would get what he had. Later
Schatz asked his father: About what time do you think I`m going to
die? and his father aswered: People don`t die with a fever of one
hundred and two. That`s a silly way to talk. To his father it might have
been a silly way to think, but to Schatz himself it was deadly serious.
Schatz settle down with this and finally drifted off to sleep, but was very
slack and cried easily the day after.
This story had few characters and was mainly centered around Schatz
and his father, but it also seems to be others present on soom occasions,
which is suggested in soom lines, for examples here: He came in to the
room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and.... (it seems
there might be a mother present) and here: At the house they said the boy
had refused... (it seems to be someone else present in the house while the
father is out walking the dog). A doctor aslo drops by to see to Schatz.
The father seems to be a typical father figure, who care enough for his
son to read for him. But still he doesn`t understand that his son is very
confused and that he needs someone to tell him what`s going on.
The aim or the purpose of this short story is to shed some light on the
importance of clear speace and to try to put yourself in the people
around you`s position. Also, to understand have easy it is to
misunderstand others or for others to misunderstand you. The smallest
thing cant be turned in to something much greater, if you aren`t careful.