1963. Why is running significant to this story?
In the first essay in the book the author and his brother are out late at night to hing snakes and lizards. On the first page the author talks about his brother running ahead and all he could see was his tracks. This foreshadows two things. One that his brother is a good runner, and by him seeing his footprints and following them foreshadows him living like a primitive. On the next page when he talks about his brother thinks he found a new way to and not get tired. This foreshadows that they are going to be running later on in the book. This was significant for the author to put running in the first essay because it foreshadowed later on in the book and got the reader thinking.