Sunday, August 18, 2013

Edgar

Source: http://www.inforbix.com
Edgar sees Essay as "wolflike" for the first time. Why is this significant?
Why does Edgar stomp out the little straw fires if the entire barn is on fire?
Why doesn't the explanation about the phone not working make sense? Even if the lights in the barn were out, why wouldn't it make sense?
Why does Glen have Trudy's wrist in a vise grip? Why is Claude just standing there watching them wrestle?
Why is Edgar suddenly concerned with the milk house?

3 comments:

breanna tidwell said...

Edgar stomps out the small straw fires because he thinks that it may help a little bit. Glen has Trudy's wrist in a grip because he is extremely confused from all the pain he is in and has no idea what is happening. He is panicking.
Edgar all of a sudden remembers the wheel barrow in the milk house that he can use to get more files out.

Jake Myers said...

I think Edgar sees Essay's resemblance to a wolf as more than physical. john Sawtelle dreamed of breeding a new species of dog: Canis posterus. He called them "next dogs". He believed the way to do this was to follow the evolution of dire wolves into wolves, and wolves into domestic dogs, continuing the pattern. However, Brooks suggested that dogs' ancestors could be more advanced than their present form. I believe John, using his artificial natural selection, tried to retrace the steps of evolution. Maybe he believed the ability to choose had been lost somewhere along the line and attempted to find it again. He bred his against the direction of evolution into something more wolf-like. Essay was the realization of all his work.

Unknown said...

Edgar tries to stomp all the smaller fires out because that is all he is able to do. He would not be able to extinguish the entire barn fire, but at least he can attempt to help.