How Hiram Used To Go Fishing

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How R.C. Rydell, the borderline psychotic man, furthered the plot of the novel, and gave us a glimpse of how horrible the South could be. R.C. Rydell is two years older that Hiram. Hiram used to live with his grandpa Earl, they lived in Greenwood, Mississippi or the Delta as it is sometimes referred to. While Hiram lived with his grandpa there were only two people who lived close to him who were his age or close to his age. Those two people are Naomi and R.C. Rydell. Naomi is the same age as Hiram, but Hiram is to nervous to talk to her since he has a crush on her. Then the is R.C., R.C. isn’t your normal run of the mill mischievous boy, R.C. was on a whole different level. You could argue that R.C. is borderline psychopathic or has a screw or two loose in his head. …show more content…

used to go fishing a lot, Hiram's’ grandma would make them a big lunch, then the two would walk down to the Yazoo river to go fishing. One day the two boys went down to the Yazoo to go fishing. While they were fishing R.C. caught a catfish, he then proceeded to torture the fish. R.C. yanked the fish out of the water and proceed to push on the fish’s eye, he apparently wanted to see what would come out, but was displeased when only a clear liquid oozes out of the fish's’ eye. “He pressed the nail gently against the fish’s eye. The fish jerked when the nail touched it, but R.C. held it firm. Gradually he pressed harder and harder with the nail until it punctured the eye and clear fluid trickled out.” (Crowe 23). Hiram then left for Tempe, Arizona, and came back in 1955 to help out his grandpa. While Hiram was in green wood he met up with R.C. a couple of times. The Hiram saw R.C. again was outside of a store.After talking for a bit R.C. convinces Hiram they need to go fishing again, which would prove to be a horrible

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