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'Will You Please Be Quiet Please?'- Sixty Acres Notes.

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1. What is the story about? Answer this question in two sentences – one that explains the story literally, and one sentence that considers the deeper meanings and messages. Lee Waite lives on his sixty acres of land, with his family. He usually sits on the porch to see if anyone tries to trespass, since he received the phone call from his friend Joseph Eagle that people are hunting on his land. One day he hears people on his land, and gets his gun and moves towards them. He tells them to leave immediately. That night when he goes back home, he talks to his wife, Nina, about leasing some of his land. He doesn’t know what clear decisions to make. In the end regarding the land, he doesn’t know whether to keep his land and keep the …show more content…

It’s left Waites with the legacy of the land, and the whole responsibility of him having to look after the land. 8. How does Waites usually deal with intruders? What is different about the confrontation with the boys? Why does Waites feel he has failed in his confrontation with the boys? The way he usually deals with intruders is that he doesn’t quickly show up to them. He takes his time, and hopes that by making movement sounds and yelling out, it would scare the intruders away, because he doesn’t like dealing with them. The difference about the confrontation with the boys is that as soon he heard them, he made the move. He yelled at them and questioned them and waited for answers before letting them go. He does however feel as though he’s failed with his confrontation with the boys because previously he always let the intruders go, and although this time he confronted them, he still let them go, just like everyone else previously, so therefore he doesn’t think he was tough enough, and thinks he did nothing differently. 9. What objects from the past are described while he toys with the idea of leasing his land? How are these important? What value do they have? The objects from the past that are described are spear and the mass of netting off the splintery shelf. These may be important because it may bring back memories of when the sheriff came to his house to announce what happened to his brothers. 10. What is Mama’s view of

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