His hand, was pale I helped him walk to his machine. He ran his hand
over it, called me good man, roared away.
He calls the speaker
"a good man" though
he's only a teenager.
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I stood there, fifteen.
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Discuss and Decide
What words in the last stanza signal a shift in the speaker's view? What does
the speaker realize at this point?
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Unit 3: Literary Analysis

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. nice town, y'know what i mean? nobody very remarkable ever come out of it, s'far as we know. the earliest tombstones in the cemetery up there on the mountain say 1670-1680-they're grovers and cartwrights and gibbses and herseys-same names as are around here now. in at least one hundred words, discuss the significance of the stage manager's narration in our town. analyze the text in terms of its tone, word choice, and meaning. what purpose does this narration serve in the play?