I thought it was interesting that the story is ‘My First Goose’ not for instance, ‘The Goose’ - the implication being that the narrator, once started, continues to act in this way.
I thought it was interesting that the story is ‘My First Goose’ not for instance, ‘The Goose’ - the implication being that the narrator, once started, continues to act in this way.
Yes but also a bit of self mocking in that the Cossacks would be talking about the humans they have and will kill in the 'real fighting.' His means of acceptance and protection is to kill a goose and push an old nearly blind woman in the chest. There is at very least a hint of regret and compromise.
I thought it was interesting that the story is ‘My First Goose’ not for instance, ‘The Goose’ - the implication being that the narrator, once started, continues to act in this way.
Yes but also a bit of self mocking in that the Cossacks would be talking about the humans they have and will kill in the 'real fighting.' His means of acceptance and protection is to kill a goose and push an old nearly blind woman in the chest. There is at very least a hint of regret and compromise.