Death we find contained in a shabby black box and sin just happens to come along as a black dot on a square of plain paper. ... Death has gone from being a foreign entity "the village" dealing with death to a personal entity "Tessies family" having to deal with death to an intimate entity "Tessie" having to deal with her own death. ...

• Word Count: 826
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Summers arrived in the square, carrying the "black box." ... The village, by all appearances, seems to be a normal and ordinary place with its inhabitants meeting in a square with festival like intentions. ... Jackson would have it he is the one who deals out death, an ironic twist that seems fitting for this story. ...

• Word Count: 1008
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The author is subtly point at the uneasiness of the children without making a big deal of it. ... When the box is placed on the stool in the middle of the square the villagers automatically place space between them and the box. ...

• Word Count: 1119
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The author is subtly point at the uneasiness of the children without making a big deal of it. ... When the box is placed on the stool in the middle of the square the villagers automatically place space between them and the box. ...

• Word Count: 1053
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School