By: Haleigh Baker

Characters John Harrison- Mary’s brother Mr. and Mrs. Harrison- Mary’s parents James and Margret Jarvis- Arthur’s parents Mary- Arthur’s wife

Setting The suburban house of the Harrison’s Police Laboratories

Language Mostly dialogue Low tones because the characters talk about Arthur’s death “And so he told her in low tones all he had heard.”(142)

Motifs Death Crying- mostly of the women Drinking- Mr. Jarvis Native Crime- “The Truth About Native Crime” (Ironic) (137) Pg.140

Allusions Biblical (Missionaries) “I mean, that missionaries were killed.” (140) Missionary- a member of a religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith

Theme Bad things happen to good people “Mr. Jarvis, Arthur was the finest man I ever knew.” “Why this should have happened….” “You mean… to him, of all people?”

Discussion In this chapter Harrison tells Jarvis all the things that Arthur has done, and Jarvis didn’t know of it at all. How do you think Jarvis feels about all the good things his dead son has done? Do you agree that it is harder for a mother to deal with a child’s death than it is for the father? Is native crime the same kind of crime we have in America? In Oak Ridge?