Setting - This story took place in the Willowgreen School District, near a fictional
Characters - The main character of this story is the author, Max Braithwaite, but
addition characters in this chapter are Dave McDougall, Mrs. McDougall, and their
children Mary, Heather, Myron, and Charles.
Antecedent Action - The antecedent action in this chapter is when Max outlines
the events leading up to the moment when he left the train at Bleke. Those events
included: borrowing money for Max to finish Normal School, the incessant job searching
with the eternal job refusals, also when Max started training in motor mechanics and,
finally, when Max received a letter from the Willowgreen School District that there was a
job opening if he wished to take the offer.
Point of View - This novel was told in the first person point of view.
Inciting Force - The inciting force is when Max got the job at Willowgreen and
also when Max arrived at the Bleke train station.
2. The school didn t have much substance to it. The upstairs was 25 feet square with
windows on one side, it was all one room except for a small cloak room and closet, it had
a blackboard, and organ, a map with pictures of candy bars filling the oceans. It also had a
Union Jack pinned up above the blackboard, a picture of King George V, also there were
six rows of desks, and a teacher s desk at the very front and center of the classroom.
The downstairs of the schoolhouse had three rooms(two of the rooms were what
the teacherage was made up of). In the first room there was a large coal furnace to heat
the entire building, a coal bin, and two chemical toilets(one for the boys and one for the
girls), this room was half of the basement.
The other two rooms were each about 12 and a half feet long and about 8 feet
wide, and both possessed a small basement window. In the living room t...