We are introduced to this group of ragged men who it seems became out of touch with the true beauty in life. It said specifically in the text on page 532 "they didn't want and more of the other kind" referring to women. If we keep in mind an idea that women tend to see the beauty in life and these men have been without women for sometime that therefore, these men have lost all care for beauty. It is only when they see the new perfect child with 10 fingers and toes that it occurs to them to find nice things for the baby. Upon finding these little nice natural objects like the beauty in flowers or an especially nice day, it changes their perspective and finally they can see an appreciate the little things in life the way all people have at one time or another.
The only possible hope is that these men move on (which they probably will since they have all lived such hard lives anyway) from the death of there communal son, and continue to see the good in the world and the beauty.
I completely agree that this story was way more sad that the Wide Wide World. Not only because of the actual story but because no one was as annoying as Ellen was! Also, I agree that it is tragic that they had so much hope in the child and it was all taken away.
ReplyDeleteI like your point that these men had not been around women in so long and that without them they lost care for things that have beauty. I also was really upset with the ending of the story because their luck and sense of hope for change was taken away by death.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that this story was tragic. Especially since everything was going right for these men and they where finally having good luck because of this baby. Then all of a sudden their luck was taken away from them by death. I thought the ending should have been a little longer. I feel like it just ended in like a few sentences and we didn't really get much closure. Overall great post!
ReplyDeleteI also felt like this story was much more upsetting than "The Wide, Wide World." In that story, you expected the mother to die because from the very beginning, you knew she was sick. In "The Luck of Roaring Camp," the author builds upon the child and how much positivity he brought with his birth. Then, out of no where, the baby dies. I was completely shocked when it happened because it was so sudden and changed the whole vibe of the story.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the death of Luck took away the feeling of everything being okay someday. However, I’m questioning if the baby had survived the flood, would the story have had the same effect in the end? The story ends with such a level of uncertainty, that the reader can only imagine how life remains for the men of the camp.
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