The Basics
Who is the author of our story?
Arden Davidson
Who is the main character of our story?
The young man.
How did the main character describe himself for all his life?
Ordinary
Where did the story take place?
Topeka, Kansas
Fate, something you're meant to do.
Destiny
Is this story fiction or nonfiction?
Who are minor characters in the story?
16
What sparked the main character's interest in a new job?
Two men discussing a job posting in his father's store?
Something that is the opposite of what we expect to happen.
Ironic
In what point-of-view is this story told?
First-person
What was the main character doing in the beginning of the story?
Sweeping.
Where did the main character work at the beginning of the story?
His father's store.
Where did the main character get a job and what was he doing at that job?
The Pony Express; he delivered mail across the country on a horse.
Somebody to be with
Companion
How many paragraphs is the story?
12 Paragraphs
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His dad, his family, and his girlfriend.
What does the major character want in his life?
He wants to head out west; he wants to see new place sand experience new sights, smells, tastes, and sounds.
Where in the West did the main character end up?
Sacramento, California?
Ordinary, boring.
Mundane
How do we know which words are vocabulary words?
In the yellow box OR they are in bold.
How did the main character describe his life before starting his new job?
Mundane.
Destiny
How did the main character feel in the end?
Answers may vary
He felt that he was lucky enough to discover what it was like being destined to living an extraordinary life.
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