The Winton Flyer
Could you imagine having to hand-crank your car each time you wanted to use it? Cars back in 1905 were quite different from cars as we know them today. Boss Priest's Winton Flyer has kerosene lamps...
Lightning the Horse
Lightning sure causes a lot of trouble. First off, he's a stolen racehorse. He has to be smuggled onto a train and taught how to race. Then he loses his heat and goes and gets himself arrested. Do...
Minnie's Gold Tooth
When somebody has a piece of spinach stuck between his or her teeth, you can't help but stare. Minnie, the brothel maid, doesn't have something green stuck in her teeth: she has something gold—sp...
Mules
"A mule aint like a horse," says Uncle Parsham (11.41). Now, we at Shmoop aren't experts on mules and horses, but we're going to agree with Parsham: a rectangle is not a square. So if a mule's not...
Virtue and Non-virtue
Virtue and Non-virtue are like the angel and devil sitting atop each of Lucius's shoulders. His good senses tell him one thing, but his bad side tells him another. Yup, we've got a classic battle b...