Sean Hruswicki
English 11
18 September 2017
Mr. Barazzuol
The character of Smitty from the short story “Two Fishermen” by Morley Callaghan, is a
middle aged, straight, white male, who is the “hangman” or executioner for a living. Smitty is
likely educated because he is employed. His profession is executioner or hang man. I infer that
Smitty is slightly wealthy because his job Includes lots of traveling, and killing people which
both or one thing most people don’t Like to do; undesired jobs usually pay a lot. Smitty has a
wife and five children. A lot of people in the towns that he travels to to execute people hate him
because of his work. The reader is not sure exactly where Smitty lives but we know he is
constantly traveling from prison to prison fulfilling the duty of the executioner. The only
friendship we know that Smitty has (or thinks he has) is with Micheal Foster, a small town
Reporter. The truth was that Micheal was only using Smitty for a story for the towns
paper,Which would make him look good and bring him closer to his ultimate goal, becoming a
Big city reporter. Smitty is definitely an interesting character if you analyze him closely.
Thank you for sharing this piece based on this character from the short story “Two Fishermen,” written by Morley Callaghan.
I think that you did the following things quite well:
– Solid introductory sentence
– Has a great understanding of the character
I feel that we could improve on these areas for your next write:
– Proofread (ex. Big city reporter –> does not need to be capitalized, not a proper noun)
– Need to incorporate quotations
Thank you,
Mr. Barazzuol