1. Shape: I think the story's sequence is great. All the events are in order. The story starts out with describing the couple as that they have just gotten married, and the couple being anxious about what to expect back home. Then it describes that bar they are in and the suspense builds up to a crazy man who is out to shoot him though he stops because he finds out that he is a newly-wed.
2. Language: The author does a great job of using descriptive detail. I get a clear sense of the behaviors and the anxiety that the couple felt in the beginning. The way that everything is described paints a vivid picture of the people, sounds and places around them.
3. Participants: A drunken man has a issue with Potter as soon as he gets in town. He wants to have a gun fight with him, but Potter is not up for it since he is a newly-wed and has his wife with him. When Potter explains that he is just married, the man begins to change his mind and decides not to end his life.
4. There is very much a lot of suspense in the beginning of the story where it describes the newlywed couple. The train ride is very suspenseful because Potter is worried about what to expect when he gets back to his hometown. The emotions in this paragraph are very descriptive and describe the anxiety that he was feeling the whole way there. In the bar, it is very detailed as well as it describes the scenery and the people in the bar. At the end when Potter is face to face with the man who wants to kill he they describe the battle and how they are face to face with each other, which reminded me of those old western movies in which the two opponents are across from each other, the tumbleweed blowing across, and the harmonica playing.
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