Assignment-4

After I read the story I can say that I didn’t like it very much,the only thing that attracted me was the title,which is revealed in a road sign,but by the end of the story.Starting from the beginig ,there are our three main characters and the deal between Mr.Shiflet and Mrs.Crater ,also not forgetting her deaf mute daughter Lucynell,who can be called as the prize of that deal.While reading it,firstly I thought that her mother wanted for her daughter a normal life and saw Mr.Shiflet as an opportunity,maybe as the person who would take care of her after she passed away.After I thought that she was just looking for a way to get rid of her daughter,but after as it is mentioned in the story she started to cry and reached out to her as the car pulled away and she was leaving with Shiflet,showing that she loved her child.There are many symbols in the story and bird is one of them which was the only word that Lucynell learned and which symbolizes Mr.Shiflet because in the story it is said:”the daughter sat down and watched him as if he were a bird that had come up very close.”Another symbol is the car which was the reason why Shiflet accepted to marry Lucynell.That car which was its porpuse.He was lost in his life looking for its meaning and after he comes along the farm and think that the car will fix his life.We don’t know if the car fixed his life,but something sure was that the deal was fulfilled:he got the car and he thought he saved his life,Mrs.Crater married her daughter and the poor Lucynell was abandoned at the diner.