6/30/2023 0 Comments Sounder william armstrong![]() ![]() ![]() While looking for his father one day, a guard whacks the boy’s fingers with a piece of iron. Meanwhile, they learn that their father has been convicted and forced into hard labor. The family takes care of the dog, and he becomes stronger each day. ![]() He can only use three of his legs, and half of his face has been mangled from being shot. The next day, Sounder returns, but he is in very poor shape. His father suggests that Sounder is most likely still alive and tells his son this must be his last visit. When mother makes a cake for father at Christmas, the boy brings it to the jail and visits his father. His dreams of learning to read and going to school are set aside, as he is now the man of the house. The boy continues searching for Sounder, but he must also take care of his younger siblings. With their father in jail, the family must survive on the money that mother makes shelling walnuts. The boy goes after Sounder, but only finds a trail of blood and part of Sounder’s ear. When the sheriff arrives to take him away, Sounder chases them, gets shot, and runs away. When hunting no longer brings in enough food, the sharecropper steals ham and is caught.
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