In spite of his car, he hopes his day old beard which he strokes upward
with the heel of his hand, will, when combined with his clothes, provide
immunity. He slips his wallet into his shirt pocket, does up the metal buttons on his jacket and slips a ten dollar bill into his back pocket. Recalling a television show, he decides that if he is accosted, he will say that the ten is all he’s got, that he stole the car, and ask them if they know a buyer.
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what kind of immunity he think about? he think about trying to blend in with those bad people so they don't attack him. why he put wallet in shirt? so that they don't know about his identity? why he ready to tell false story? cause he don't want to get killed?
He eases out of the car, edges nervously along the fender and past the
grille. The store window illuminates the sidewalk like a stage. Beyond the light,
everything is obscured by darkness. He is so intent upon the three men and the
girl that he does not notice the police car drift against the curb, nor the officer who is advancing with a pistol in his hand.
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in wat sense do the main guy be on stage? he be on stage because he be visible to bad guys surrounded by darkness. why police have gun? he have gun because he be on lookout for bad guys?
When the officer, who is inexperienced, who is nervous because of the
neighbour-hood, who is suspicious because of the car and because he has been trained to see an unshaven man in blue jeans as a potential thief and not as a probable owner, orders him to halt, he is surprised. When he turns part way
around and recognizes the uniform, he does not feel fear but relief. Instinctively relaxing, certain of his safety, in the last voluntary movement of his life, he
reaches his hand not in the air as he was ordered to, but toward his wallet for his identity
what do police man think of main guy? He thinks the guy be bad. do there be foreshadowing that police man think of guy like this? i not get this.
what be ironic abt main guys reaction seeing police? he be surprised?
what do words last voluntary movement of life tell? that he die?
what be meanings of last setence?
that identity be real important and u should not lose ur own.
why story in past tense? because it tell about mistake guy did? do this be good choice?