The Writer of locomotive 38
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| William Saroyan |
Locomotive 38, the Ojibway is a short story by William Saroyan. It is about an American teenager called Aram who is befriended by a native American who comes to his small town and asks for his help in buying a car and driving him around. The stated reason being that he does not know how to drive. So the teenager becomes the man’s chauffeur during the summer, and they strike up a sort of friendship. The man’s name in his native tongue translates, it seems, to Locomotive 38. At the end of the summer, Locomotive suddenly disappears, and when Aram enquires about town, he learns that the man drive off in his car. The story ends with the following lines:
He was just a young man who’d come to town on a donkey, bored to death or something, who’d taken advantage of the chance to be entertained by a small-town kid who was bored to death, too. That’s the only way I could figure it out without accepting the general theory that he was crazy.
i f you will look at the story its just short. i just summarized it if you read the whole story you will enjoy because its not boring to read.it's interesting so try reading it! The moral lesson of this story is don't judge the book by its cover(courtesy of cj arches).you know why? because even though the locomotive look's poor the people think he is crazy but if you will read the story he is rich he own lands and oil.
i wish you enjoy reading my first blog thankyou :*
