Griffin Carew
Intro to Literature
“The rocking horse winner”

3. Paul is a nieve, immature young adult. His motivation are making money to stop his house from whispering the words, “there must be more money”. The reason for Paul acting so young and immature is due to the lack of attention from his parents and no childhood.

Griffin Carew
Intro to Literature
10/29/07
“Greenleaf” #5 part A


5. A. Unlike the Greenleaf’s, the Mays come from money. They were born with it. The Mays are more wealthy than the Greenleaf’s, but the Greenleaf’s are more succseful considering they came from almost nothing. So althought the Greenleaf family has more money than the May’s family, the May’s family is more successful. The May’s have a good steady income and they are financially smart. The May’s are struggling to find a steady income. In the future the May’s will have more money.

Griffin Carew
Intro to Literature
10/23/07
“A&P”

I think when the author says, “...my strength kind of fell as I felt how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter” is that after he quit a job where he was being employed by a family friend, he knows his parents are going to kill him. He felt good about quitting and he felt big and “strong”, until he realized what he done and that he couldn’t change his mind because it was to late, and realized how hard life would be thereafter.

Griffin Carew
Intro to Literature
10/10/07
“Paul’s Case” question #5

5. Q: Is Paul a static or developing character? If the latter, at what point does he change? Why?

A: Paul is a developing character. The point at which Paul changes is right before he gets hit by the train. He realizes that he could have been that guy conducting business from a boat on the Adriatic Sea. He finds out that he could have been the person he wanted to be, to have all that money and live the lifestyle he wanted to live. At the last second of his life he realizes that he had a chance to have all that he ever wanted.