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. 

Joe the Stump

In the first chapter Joe is dreaming and flashes-back to the day that his dad died. He remembers having a hangover and making his way through the bakery that he used to work at. His mom called him to tell him that his dad had passed away so he tells his boss the situation and gets a lift from a fellow co-worker. when he arrives home he sees his father laying dead on the couch with a sheet placed over his face. After being home for a little while he goes to see his dad before he is taken away. He lifts the sheet and looks at him and tells him that he is sorry for him but not as sorry as he was the day before and he tells him he loved him then places the sheet back over his face. Joe becomes conscious and realizes that he doesn't have a hangover and that he can;t see or hear anything. Joe soon finds out that both of his arms have been amputated and he mentally breaks down. he soon realizes that the ring his girlfriend, Kaaren, gave him is gone as well. In chapter three Joe relates his situation to  resurfacing the water after a long period of drowning. He uses this as his imagery because after resurfacing after a while without air you grasp all your breath and breath heavily. So when Joe woke up that is basically what he did because he had been dreaming and he suddenly woke up to find that he no longer had any arms and that he is blind and deaf.