The quote/event: "They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memories with the husks." This quote/event struck me. It struck me because you get an imagery of old men opening their thinking caps and throwing out handfuls of golden grains. Broad smiles of accomplishment and feeling very complacent. There's a jubilant air with most old men. Some old men are very nostalgic, but they should just be content with their lives. (Pg. 17)
The quote/event: "I used to watch and study this patriarchal personage with, I think, livelier curiosity, than any other form of humanity there presented to my notice." This quote/event struck me. It struck me because you can imagine the narrator just staring down this man, with no interest in anything else. The narrator studied this poor old man, and concluded that the old man only had instincts. The narrator was so intent with studying him, no livelier form of humanity presented to his notice. For some odd reason, this quote/event reminds me so much of "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. The difference between two such instances, is that Edgar felt hatred towards the the old man with the one eye resembling that of a vulture. The narrator studies this old man out of mere curiosity. (Pg. 19)
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