What
feeling or mood does the reader get when first entering the bunkhouse in ? The author begins by
describing a long, fairly plain-looking building. The inside is one room with white walls and an
unpainted, presumably wooden, floor. There are eight bunkssome tidy, some notand an apple cart
nailed above each bed. The carts are filled with the simple belongings of men who do not really
have much. There is a cast-iron stove in the corner, a table, boxes in use as chairs, and not
much else. A sunbeam from one of the tiny windows highlights an abundance of dust and flies. The
author does not point this out, but readers can imagine that in high summer, a bunkhouse like
this could be unbearably hot inside.
The first character we meet is Candy, an
old man with one hand missing. He pushes a broom and showsandtheir new quarters. Hisgives the
impression that he speaks thoughtfully and carefully, maybe even with a slower rhythm. He talks
to George about other men...
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