Plot Point Photos – “Father and Son”

In the short story, “Father and Son” by Bernard MacLaverty, there are a number of key moments that can be connected to form the traditional plot point diagram. My class was assigned to find eight different quotes in the short story, relate them to the crucial moments that occur throughout it, and to incorporate pictures…

Character Sketch – Two Fishermen

K. Smith, also referred to as “Smitty”, is a very small and quiet man who is the hangman that executes Thomas Delaney in the short story, “Two Fishermen,” by Morley Callaghan. He is described as, “a very small man… [with] a large head tapering down to a small chin, a birdlike neck, and a very…

Capital Punishment in “Two Fishermen”

Capital Punishment is a practice where those who have committed the worst of crimes (depending on the country) are put to death as their punishment. In the beginning of Canada’s existence (1860’s), crimes of murder, treason, and rape resulted in the death penalty in Upper and Lower Canada. The law had not changed much for…