Thursday, May 7, 2009
The Stump and the bakery
In the three chapter that we read last night we find out that Joe the half stump is actually a whole stump. Joe figures out that he has no legs either and that they have both been amputated causing Joe to think that he is dying. In chapter 6 Joe starts to think about working the night shift at the bakery. He starts to remember man named Jose who showed up for work one night. Jose was from Puerto Rico and his previous job was a chauffeur for a rich family in New York. After the daughter of the family feel in love with him he had to leave. The man tells all the guys at work about his previous situation but they don't believe him. Jose then receives a letter from the girl asking for his address so she can find him and come marry him with all the money she has just inherited from her family. Jose then receives a second job and he doesn't know how to juggle the two. he does his best but realizes he only can get 45 minutes of sleep. the boys at work then start to think of ways Jose can get him self fired. So he tries dropping a pie in-front of his boss Jody. But Jody simply forgives him and does nothing. Then the next night he tips over a entire cart of pies and gets fired. Jose then walks out the door and is never seen again. Joe admires him because Jose realized that Jody had done so much for him and he couldn't walk up to Jody and tell him he wanted to quite. Joe did what was best for him and nobody else. Joe remembers the bakery because it as the job that he had while his dad died. So I think Joe remembers it because that is a life changing experience.
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2 comments:
Great blog scottie! I wish there were more guys like Jose. He seems like a really good person and always thinks of others before himself. impressive. well done!
I really like how you got decriptive about Jose and everything you said I understand and really agreed with. Good Blog Mr. Webber!
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