Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story. how does john change after the fight with the other driver boy in "water never hurt a man"? john loses faith in his ability to defend himself and is afraid his father will be angry with him. john feels being a driver boy is too hard and wants to tie-by for the night and lie in his bunk. john becomes arrogant and wants to be known as a bully of the canal like his father. john has gained a new confidence in himself and wants to continue through the locks.

Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference. the author’s purpose in this excerpt is to

When a mother loses her child, she's — highly agitated from strong emotion. a scene is if there's lots of action with little order.

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.