Describe the importance of guns in Tobias Wolff's story. What do you think they represented in his childhood? What are some important instances of how they are used in that way?
I think the gun's in the story give him an overwhelming sense of power. When I first here about how he just needs the gun to feel like he is complete it seems like an ok thing. When it goes on to the scene of him aiming it at people and even loading it and eventually shooting a squirrel, I can tell he has gone out of control. Through this the gun is something that is giving him too much power that he feels the need to use. Even bragging about shooting the turkey couldn't have been enough. I wonder what could have happened if the gun had not been exchanged for the dog.
Tying the guns to power seems like a good start, so I think your claim is okay. If you wanted to take that further, you might say that it also gives him a sense of being masculine, which is really Toby's/Jack's main inner conflict: figuring out how to be a man.
Your evidence is a bit lacking. The first piece (the squirrel) is okay, but you're also making a claim there: "I can tell he's gone out of control." How? What does it have to do with your main claim?
I'm not really sure what you mean by your second piece of evidence. Since he doesn't actually shoot the turkey, it could hardly be "enough." And "enough" for what?
The third piece of evidence isn't really evidence at all, but a bit of speculation. Though even then, it's only the vaguest speculation.
I think the gun's in the story give him an overwhelming sense of power. When I first here about how he just needs the gun to feel like he is complete it seems like an ok thing. When it goes on to the scene of him aiming it at people and even loading it and eventually shooting a squirrel, I can tell he has gone out of control. Through this the gun is something that is giving him too much power that he feels the need to use. Even bragging about shooting the turkey couldn't have been enough. I wonder what could have happened if the gun had not been exchanged for the dog.
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ReplyDeleteTying the guns to power seems like a good start, so I think your claim is okay. If you wanted to take that further, you might say that it also gives him a sense of being masculine, which is really Toby's/Jack's main inner conflict: figuring out how to be a man.
Your evidence is a bit lacking. The first piece (the squirrel) is okay, but you're also making a claim there: "I can tell he's gone out of control." How? What does it have to do with your main claim?
I'm not really sure what you mean by your second piece of evidence. Since he doesn't actually shoot the turkey, it could hardly be "enough." And "enough" for what?
The third piece of evidence isn't really evidence at all, but a bit of speculation. Though even then, it's only the vaguest speculation.