English 1101
February 21st,2016
Professor Young
Reading Log Questions
What is Owen's response to Fred? - John Brown's son Jason says "Father, let's bury Frederick and let the federals have the fight. They'll be here soon enough. I don't want to fight no more. My brothers and me, we had enough. We're decided on it." (McBride 122) Then John brown asked on the same page " Is that how you want it, Owen?" which he responded by looking away.
Who does Onion travel with?
-After the bickering back and forth between the brothers it was decided that Onion would be traveling with Owen. Owen was not thrill with the idea when he states " I'm going to Iowa to court a young lady, and I can't move fast with the Onion on me." (McBride 127)
Who owns Pikesville Hotel?
-Miss Abby owns Pikesville Hotel, a high-class hotel and saloon.
Who is Chase and Randy?
- Chase and Randy are redshirt riders. They are described as " young fellers in their twenties, their Colts drawed for business, one of them pulling a mule behind his horse loaded with gunnysacks. The other feller, he seemed to be the leader. He was short and thin, with a lean face and several cigars stuffed in his shirt pocket. The feller pulling the mule was older and had a hard, sallow face." (McBride 130)
Map out Pikesville Hotel in terms of rank and class.
- Pikesville is described as a high-class hotel. Onion states" Only after I seen dwellings in the East did I learn that the finest hotel in Pikesville was a pigsty compared to the lowliest flophouse in Boston." (McBride 143)
Who is Sibonia?
- Onion went looking for Bob in the slave pen but found Sibonia " a heavyset, settle-aged colored woman.... She had a large, round face." (McBride 160) Also, Sibonia was called " Feebleminded" (McBride 161)
Who is Pie?
- Pie is a highly valued worker at Miss Abby's Hotel , Onion described her as " a mulatto woman. Skin as Brown as a deer's hide, with high cheekbones and big brown dewy eyes as big as silver dollars. She was a head taller than me but seemed taller....She walked like a warm room full of smoke." (McBride 144)
Who is Darg?
- Darg is described as " nearly tall as Frederick, but just as wide. He had a thick chest, wide shoulders, and big, thick arms. He wore a straw hat and coveralls and a shawl around his shoulders. His lips was the color of hemp rope, and his eyes was so small and close together, they might as well have been shoved in the same socket...But there was power in that man,too, he was raw powerful." (McBride 168-69)
- Chase and Randy are redshirt riders. They are described as " young fellers in their twenties, their Colts drawed for business, one of them pulling a mule behind his horse loaded with gunnysacks. The other feller, he seemed to be the leader. He was short and thin, with a lean face and several cigars stuffed in his shirt pocket. The feller pulling the mule was older and had a hard, sallow face." (McBride 130)
Map out Pikesville Hotel in terms of rank and class.
- Pikesville is described as a high-class hotel. Onion states" Only after I seen dwellings in the East did I learn that the finest hotel in Pikesville was a pigsty compared to the lowliest flophouse in Boston." (McBride 143)
Who is Sibonia?
- Onion went looking for Bob in the slave pen but found Sibonia " a heavyset, settle-aged colored woman.... She had a large, round face." (McBride 160) Also, Sibonia was called " Feebleminded" (McBride 161)
Who is Pie?
- Pie is a highly valued worker at Miss Abby's Hotel , Onion described her as " a mulatto woman. Skin as Brown as a deer's hide, with high cheekbones and big brown dewy eyes as big as silver dollars. She was a head taller than me but seemed taller....She walked like a warm room full of smoke." (McBride 144)
Who is Darg?
- Darg is described as " nearly tall as Frederick, but just as wide. He had a thick chest, wide shoulders, and big, thick arms. He wore a straw hat and coveralls and a shawl around his shoulders. His lips was the color of hemp rope, and his eyes was so small and close together, they might as well have been shoved in the same socket...But there was power in that man,too, he was raw powerful." (McBride 168-69)
