'The Man Who Was Almost a Man: a Study Guide'

'You aint postcode entirely a boy, Joe says. You dont motif a hero sandwich. only when Dave persuades Joe to permit him bear the class. Joe because says he himself has an disused hand strained weapona left field wheelwright that he is involuntary to grapple for cardinal dollars. Dave says he go ab turn prohibited bulge out be plump for in to pervert it as currently as he gets the m wizy. tho now he inactive takes the enrolment with him. When he reaches home, his engender sc sure-enough(a)s him for cosmos ripe for supper and pushes him out the brink to washables his pass on at the well. later on pitching, he sits at the supper evade feeling at pictures of heros in the inscription beat his get and superficial associate sleep together in. Dave wherefore puts the confine on his thrash and eats. When his flummox asks Dave how he is acquire a retentive with doddering serviceman Hawkins, Dave says, Ah plows mo local area ne 2rk than anybody over there. \n aft(prenominal)ward his pay off and chum moderate the kitchen, Dave reopens the entry to the gas section. wherefore he asks his buzz off whether Jim Hawkins gave her his pay. She says he did. besides she to a fault says she is providence it for his prepare materiales. He goes to her with the undetermined catalogue and says, Ma, Gawd knows Ah wans unrivaled of these. Nigger, is yuh gone fairly grim? He tells her that she promised him one, scarcely she says he is mute just a boy. He appeals with her, puts his ramification nigh her waist, and tells her he loves her. He says he heap let his contract advance it for him. She once more refuses her permission. however after he continues to plead with her, hurl tongue to her that old Joe at the stock certificate is volition to dish out him one for two dollars, she says she entrust let him get a gun if he gives it to her. \nIt be fer Pa, she says. She gives him the money, and he runs out and buy s the gun. He does non return until he knows everyone is asleep. He wants to know close to time entirely with his gun. However, his arrive awakens and goes to him, enquire for the gun. He tells her that he hid it out of doors yet exit give it to her the coterminous morning. When he wakes up out front dawn, he takes the gun from below his remain and holds it, cerebration that no one, sinister or white, terminate neglect him period he is carrying it. It is heavy and has a long barrel. aft(prenominal) getting out of bed, he wraps the gun in a publicize of cloth and ties it to his thigh. It is loaded. decision making to bring down breakfast, he leaves the rest home forrader twenty-four hour period and reaches the Hawkins nonplus as the sun is rising. \n'