Billy Sunday Chapter Summaries

In the town of Grover’s Corner Wisconsin, there lies a small farm town with all the small town aspects. The newspaper editor runs the newspaper from his own house as the doctor runs the clinic from his house. The small town being shown through the combination uses of one building, giving off the small town feel, “The town hall and post office combined; jail’s in the basement” (Wilder 4). The younger men have the jobs of delivering the milk and newspapers in the morning. “Joe Juniors getting up so as to deliver the paper” (Wilder 6). In Our Town there is Irony among the fact that the Joe Crowell graduated from the head of his high school class and his college class, then went and died in the war. Throughout the story, the author Thornton Wilder uses mood and tone to really help describe and explain what the play is telling us.

Bud Caldwell is ten years old. At the age of six, Bud’s mother died. Bud lives in an orphanage, called the Home, since he does not have any family members to take care of him. When Bud heard he was going to live with the Amos, he wasn’t very excited. He heard that Mr. and Mrs. Amos’ son, Todd, was two years older than he is. Bud’s friend, Bugs, was going to live with a family that had three little girls. Bud would rather take Bugs’ new family than live with a twelve year old boy any day.

Billy Sunday lived in a two roomed log cabin with his brother named Ed and his mother. Billy lived in this log cabin for his entire life. but one cold evening, Billy found out that his mother could not take care of him anymore. Billy and his brother had to go to an orphanage far away from his home town. The orphanage was located in Des Moines Iowa, they had to stay at this place for a while. The story takes place in 1872 and he was born on November 19 1862. The orphanage was very strike and many rules were applied to the

Billy’s mother often enjoys being with her 30 year old son, sometimes treating him as if he is still a child. This is displayed when Billy’s mother takes him out after work to lie on the grass and tease his hair. Billy tells her about his dream to go to college and find a wife. However, upon hearing this, she “laugh[s] at such foolishness” (295). Billy exclaims that he’s 30 years old already only to receive the response, “‘Sweet-heart, do I look like the mother of a middle-aged man?’” (295). Billy’s mother treats him like a baby and emasculates him to the point where he is unable to grow. This causes Billy to be constantly scared, uncertain, and compliant with the Nurse and any other women of authority. Only after his night with Candy does he seem to act more confident and not respond much to Nurse Ratched’s shaming (314). Nonetheless, his confidence doesn’t last long after the Nurse threatens him to tell his mother in which he is then seen to be begging for her mercy. This scene shows how the the women of the ward uses the men’s insecurities to weaken them and force them to act a certain way, as shown by

Herrick shows that a relationship has ‘centred’ Billy. His life has direction, routine and meaning. Billy’s identity at first was seen as a loner, he was isolated and a rebel. His mother was absent and his relationship with his father was intimidating. The lack of connection to family extends to Old Bill, whose daughter and wife died, and to Freya and Danny, who do not have the guidance of responsible adults. Herrick symbolises his disconnection and loneliness in ‘I didn’t go inside for hours./I looked through the back window/watching him/reading the paper/in front of the television/as if nothing happened’. Billy’s sense of belonging allows him to reforms his identity. Herrick shows this by juxtaposing Billy eating like a hobo in the first person narration in ‘And wait for the family of five to leave. / I can see dessert/ waiting for me’ and later eating like a refined mature adult via the descriptive language in ‘with a white tablecloth/and napkins/ and proper cutlery and plates.’ Comparatively, Freya grows up after Danny helps her deal with her miscarriage. This highlights that a person’s identity is defined by their connection to others. Both composers show an understanding of each other, allow them to nourish one another.

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Billy Sunday was a professional baseball player from 1883 to 1891 for Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia teams. He was born to William Sunday and Mary Jane Corey on November 19th 1862 and died on November 6th 1935. Growing up his family lived in poverty, but that never let this challenge affect his life. After his father died in 1862 Billy and his family move to go live his grandparents for a few years. Billy and his older brother were sent to live in Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home in Davenport, where they received a decent education and began to improve his athletic skills. When Billy was 14, he wanted to earn money, so he began to work for Colonel John Scott. Before long, he was offered to stay with the Scotts, who made sure that Billy went to

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