The Rattler

Eva Wambura 8/29/12 Period 2 The Rattler Rough Draft In the passage The Rattler the writer uses lucubrate about the composition, details about the glide, and details about the setting to lead the reader to feel sympathy for two the man and snake. The detail that shows sympathy for the man is when hes out for a walk and he unexpectedly comes across the snake. The mans prototypic instinct was to let him go on his way and he would go on his. This shows that the man wasnt really aggressive and really did not expect to hurt the snake. The man then goes on to decide if he should kill the snake or not.But he reflected that there were children, dogs, horses at ranch, as well as men and women and his duty, plainly, was to kill the snake. His indecision leads you to have more sympathy for the man because he came on to his decision only because he thought it was his duty and if it wasnt for that he would have let the snake go. Even after killing the snake the man didnt cut off the rattle s for a trophy and imagined beholding the snake as he might have let him go, sinuous and self-respecting showing that he felt guilty of taking the life of the snake.The details of the snake show more sympathy for it than for the man. When the man first comes upon the snake the head wasnt not drawn post to strike and was not compensate rattling yet, much less coiled. This was a sign that the snake wasnt going to attack the man but was merely watching to see what the man was going to do. When the man got his hoe to attack the snake with it shot into a dense bush. The snakes action shows his nonviolent behavior by defending itself another way then just attacking the man. Then the snake shook his fair but furious signal, quite sportingly.Its warning the man that if he continued further he has no choice but to attack. But soon the man hacked about, soon dragged him out of it with his back broken. The details of the setting show sympathy for both the man and the snake. The man was ju st having his first pleasant moment for a walk after pertinacious blazing hours and thinking he was the only thing abroad encountered the snake and thinks that its endangering his people. In sympathy for the snake the man is the one who stepped into the snakes habitat. The man not only trespassed but also ended up killing the snake in its feature home.When the man and snake crossed paths the uninfected was thinning and the scrubs dry savory odors were sweet on the cooler air. The beauty of the setting makes you think that the snake was on its own walk through the desert. Even though man killed the snake for the good of others you cant help but feel sympathy for both characters payable to the details of the setting, the man, and the snake. The man doesnt want to kill and doesnt take satisfaction in taking life but goes on instead and kills the snake because of his duty even though the snake was minding its own business and wasnt bothering anyone.