beginning Lyman is portrayed as the luckier brother, when he describes
             himself as having a talent for making money (183) and "good luck with
             numbers" (185). He had a passion for money and a strong work ethic which
             brought him the success of owning a business by the age of sixteen.
             Some negative associations attached to the color red include blood,
             danger, war, death, and aggression. These themes are scattered throughout
             the story, usually in connection with Henry. Henry was the physically
             stronger brother, "built like a brick outhouse" (185), however he did not
             have the luck of his brother to do much of anything positive with his
             strengths. Lyman describes several instances where Henry behaves strangely
             after returning from war completely changed. These instances contain
             details which embody the negative associations linked to the color red. For
             example, Lyman's explanation of Henry's reaction to the color TV on page
             He sat in his chair gripping the armrests with all his
             might, as if the chair itself was moving at a high speed and if
             he let go at all he would rocket forward and maybe c
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