Quotes

The Handler

Quote Number 1

"What I mean, are we alive here or just waiting for the wagon to pick us up?"(48)

He is telling people to clap by saying we have nothing else to do but wait for the wagon. It can also be used as a metaphor to life. Then wagon as death. So will we live life or just wait for death. That is a metaphor that could be used in an essay.

Quote Number 2

"Well hey there, he called. Whats the matter with this party anyway. Lets see some life, some action!" (48)

This a man trying to start a more enthusiastic party. His knowledge of the party being bad will affect the future by making the party better.

Quote Number 3:

"When the big man came in, there was movement in the room like bird dogs pointing.

This shows that people have the knowledge that the man is big, thus he is dangerous. And that knowledge is affecting there future by them knowing to leave so they don't get hurt.

Alpha Ralpha

"We were drunk with happiness in those early years. Everybody was, especially the young people." (49)

This is important because it is the first sentence of the story and tells you that everyone was happy, specifically the young people. When it says 'early years' in infers that, that it is about the past. And the knowledge about people being drunk with happiness will affect the future.

"We saw nothing. The gloom was around us. The wind and the water beat us like fists. Her grown pulled at her like a dog at its worrying master" (72)

This a moment of pure distress. They known that they are in a horrible situation and it will affect there future how much they know. They don't know anything making them extremely vulnerable to attack from anywhere.

" I did not like the feeling; I had never gone more than twenty minutes from my birthplace"(52)

This a place she hadn't been before, it was outside her comfort zone. She does not know what its like to be more than twenty minutes from my birthplace. This will affect her future because she is uncomfortable changing what will happen.