The Ending Of The Short Story 'First Place'

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The ending of the Short story “First Place” should have been different to make the reading more interesting and draw the reader’s attention. In the Short story his father almost drowns, the protagonist Roger remembers a incident that happened to him three years prior and must confront his fear to save his father, and at the end they sit down, talk, drink coffee at the end of the story. Salicks said “Still hanging onto the rope, he turned around and grabbed one of the dogs by the scruff of the neck. He helped the frantic animal get its paws up on the ice. Then he shoved its rump up over the edge. The dog ran past me toward the shore while Dad repeated the process with the other two” (par. 45). Maybe after repeating the process he lost so much energy pulling the dogs out he loses his grip on the rope and slips in the water again. But is time he takes in water and drowns. …show more content…

I pressed the pier section hard into the ice so it would not slide forward when Dad pulled on the rope. The people on land were shouting encouragement, although none had ventured out. Dad began to haul himself out of the water, then seemed to remember something” (par. 44). Here Roger could have tied the rope wrong so when his dad went to pull on it he would have to pull himself up again, but doesn't have enough energy to do so. “I pressed the pier section hard into the ice” (Salicks par. 44). Also the pier section could have slipped and when his dad was trying to pull himself up it would slide towards him. Then one of the bystanders saw that ran out to grab the rope to pull it back to shore, but he wasn’t strong enough to hold on so all of the bystanders grabbed the rope and pull him

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