The Moment Before the Gun Went Off, English homework help

Discussing “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off.” This discussion requires three posts using the options below.

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Option 1: Topic Starter

Click “Create Thread” in discussion board.

Read the discussion prompts carefully and provide a response to one of the questions. Be sure your response answers the entire prompt, in detail, and be sure that you have proofread carefully. Provide textual support.

You can submit one topic starter per discussion.

Option 2: Challenge

Read a classmate’s post, and click “Reply.”

Respectfully challenge a classmate’s response. Explain your disagreement in detail and provide textual support.

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Option 3: Agree and Add New

Read a classmate’s post, and click “Reply.”

Agree with a classmate’s post. Explain why, in detail, and add new information or evidence. Provide textual support.

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  • Use MLA format for citations.
  • Proofread your posts.
  • You will be posting 3 times. Your first post will be one of the options above; your second and third posts will respond to a classmate’s post using Options 2 and/or 3. You must write substantive response posts. This means you have to do more than say you agree, disagree, or compliment what your classmates have said.
  • Make sure to specify which topic you are responding to if you choose Option 1.
  • Review the grading rubric that will be used.

3. Were you surprised by the ending? What hints, in retrospect, foreshadowed the ending revelation? Cite specific examples.

The ending of the story “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off” was a little surprising to me. I felt the two, Van der Vyver and Lucas had a close relationship with each other considering he was colored slave of sorts. Van der Vyver did mention that he thought of him more then a regular on the farm, but closer to a friend that he would take with him on his trips. He also mentioned how he taught him how to fix the equipment which is very uncommon on farms that kept slaves(2577). Normally you would try to enforce a strict no education policy. Also the fact that he paid for almost all of the funeral costs, that could be taken as him being sorry but I feel that it was more then that. At the moment of the shooting they were having a great time and were going through the motions of there typical hunt. Lucas was on the back of the truck where he loved to spot the animals first, they seemed to have a language worked out on how many thumps he would do for the direction. After the shot, Van der Vyver expected to see Luca get up scared but alive. That is why Van der Vyver was crying uncontrollably at the police station(2576).