“Do you need somebody to go to the store, …. ?”-Who is the speaker? To whom did the speaker say this? Why did the speaker want to go to the store? What did they have in supper ?
“And he did not want to be mistrusted now.” – Who is referred to as ‘he’ here? Whose Arust did he want to win? Why did he not want to be mistrusted?
Roger is referred to as ‘he’ here. Roger wanted to win Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones’ trust. The brief encounter with Mrs Jones changed Roger’s life completely. He understood that achieving something through hard work and labour is much more satisfying than obtaining it by adopting illegal means. Mrs Jones had confronted similar situations in ...
“The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now.”-Why didn’t the woman watch the boy anymore?
Mrs Jones was a reformed sinner herself hence she knew that it was not possible to prove honesty if not trusted. She was once young and made many mistakes which she later amended. All she wanted was to help Roger to gain some integrity. She gave Roger a perfect opportunity to flee with the purse ...
“i have done things, too,”-Who said this to whom? What do you think the speaker has done? Why did the speaker say this to the listener?
Mrs Jones said these words to Roger. Mrs Jones, by saying this, could have only meant that once she had also fallen prey to temptation and had perhaps taken resort to dishonest means to acquire the things she had craved but could not afford.She said the line mentioned above to Roger to assure him that ...
