This reading was very descriptive and gruesome. The two characters were survivors of an Indian massacre of I guess Mexicans in a surrounding area. The Indians left the people scalped and tormented.
The section where it describes the hanging of the infants was very disturbing. It let me see a side of the Indians that showed that they didn't care if they harmed the innocent or guilty.
The two characters didn't seem to be very fond of each other, but they were just depending on each other for survival I guess.
There was a section that Sproule and Kid were wondering and seeing all of the dead people and they both ended up in a church. I thought this was interesting that all of the victims ran to the church for protection from the Indians but were obviously not protected from the Indians. They were still murdered and left to be buzzard food.
Throughout the story Spoule's arm got worse, the nastiest and most descriptive section was when the author described how it had swell and was leaking pus and had worms! EEWWWWW!
When Sproule and Kid ended up with the family in the wagon, I got lost at this point. I didn't know what happened to Sproule after the was asleep and the next thing i knew Kid was taken and the reading didn't mention him anymore. Did he die or get left?
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I think Sproule finally died from the gangrene in his arm or consumption or starvation or thirst or any number of causes. The handout said "The kid looked at Sproule. He was lying with his face to the wagonboards. He was partly covered with his blanket and flies were crawling on him. The kid reached to shake him. He (Sproule) was cold and wooden." There were many sad things in this handout and I think that Sproule's death after he had come so far and through so much was one of them.
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