The event: "Thus, by an inevitable necessity, as a magnet attracts steel-filings, so did our man of business draw to himself the difficulties which everybody met with." This event struck me, because you can envision a giant magnet attracting steel-filings, then the difficulties which everybody met with, attracting our man of business. The problems of the Puritans are minute to us, but they were significant to them. They took adultery as a death sentence. You were marked for life if you were a gossiper. You were severely punished if you did not attend church that week. So when I imagine the man attracted to problems, i feel sorry for what punishment will come his way. (Pg. 26)
The quote: "Literature, its exertions and objects, were now of little moment in my regard. I cared not, at this period for books; they were apart from me." This quote struck me. It struck me because the narrator is a character of the story. He uses a quite extensive vocabulary in a 12th grade novel, and speaks of how books are not apart of him. In fact, that they were apart from him. The narrator is most likely the author, and that person speaks of not caring for books. It's quite ironic. (Pg. 27)
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