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The Getaway

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What is the setting of The Getaway?   The Setting was in Texas.  
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Who is the protagonist of The Getaway?   The Protagonist was the old boy and the narrator.  
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Who was the antagonist of The Getaway?   The antagonist was the two robbers.  
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What is the direct characterization of the old boy in The Getaway?   The narrator tells the reader that the old boy is a loser....that the old boy has a poor job.  
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What is the indirect characterization of the old boy in The Getaway?   He is smart. He repairs the phone He also fooled the robbers to go to the bridge.  
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What is the indirect characterization of the narrator?   He is judgmental he only sees the outside of people.  
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Why did the men cut the telephone line?   They thought the old boy was too stupid to repair the phone so that he wont call the police.  
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Person Vs. Person   The robbers stole the money from the old boy.  
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Person Vs. Self   When the old boy decided to help the robbers.  
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What is foreshadowing in the getaway?   It is foreshadowing that the old boy is not a loser because he tells the narrator not to feel to sad for them and that proves that the old boy is not a loser because the old boy is going to do something.  
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What is the suspense in the getaway?   When the robbers go to the car but first they shoot one of the narrators tires.  
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When did the countermen say he first thought that the men were criminals?   When he said that he saw his shoulder holsters and he said they had mean eyes.  
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At first who did the narrator think the two men were?   He thought that they were well dressed people that were all right.  
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At the end of the story is the countermen a winner or a loser? Explain?   He is a winner because he repaired the phone and he wasn't scared.  
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What is the point of view of the Getaway?   The point of view is serious.  
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What is an example of Irony in the getaway?   It is Ironic that the two robbers thought the old boy was a loser because he looked like he couldn't repair the phone but he did.  
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