Character sketch

Michael Foster

 

Within the short story “Two Fisherman” written by Morley Callaghan the protagonist, Michael Foster a reporter tries to gather a story about Smitty. Michael acts all clueless because he doesn’t know how this Smitty will be like, but he seems pretty enthusiastic that he can talk to him and get a good story from him. When Michael starts to fish with Smitty he can feel a friendly relationship between him and Smitty, Michael knows that he’s going a bit too far than what he is intended to do, and after bonding, Michael knows that he can’t be seen with the hangmen or else other people have thoughts about him. Michael is scared but tries his best to be as friendly as possible to Smitty