Running After Antelope: 1963
Question #2
What is the significance of the kids running after reptiles at night instead of in the day?
The significance of the kids running after reptiles at night instead of in the day is that they want to see the animals at night since that is when they usually come out to eat in the darkness. In the quote “Some animals sleep in the daytime and go out at night to eat. If we hurry we can catch them before they go back in the ground” Carrier uses imagery for the reader to have an idea of what is going on and since its common sense just for the reader not to fall behind. Carrier also uses symbolism to have a clue were the setting is and what surrounds it like the animals and the book is called Running After Antelope so this books is going to be of animals. For example, his brother growing up, going to college and studying the respiratory system of animals compared to us humans. Do they breathe as we do while running? I like this story 1963 because it reminds me of little kids being out goers wanting to make trouble just to investigate or make trouble just because.
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