How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
He was always up before I was. And when I went out to the barn that morning, all was still. He was lying on the straw bed that he rigged for himself, and I knew before I got to him that he was dead.
"Papa." I said his name just once. "It's all right. You can sleep this morning. No cause to rouse yourself. I'll do the chores. There's no need to work any more. You just rest." (15.2-3)
Papa's death, unlike the violence and brutality that characterizes many of the scenes in the book, is presented to us as a calm, peaceful thing, almost welcome when it finally comes. What is the author trying to suggest anything about how he sees death? And do you agree?