Chapter Twenty-Three Flashcards
1
Q
How do the migrants try to find pleasure?
A
Through telling stories.
2
Q
What story does one migrant tell about his time as a soldier?
A
His regiment was ordered to fire at an unresisting Native American warrior.
3
Q
What does the migrant reflect on?
A
His sorrow after destroying ‘somepin better’n you’.
4
Q
What does his sorrow show?
A
Human unkindness makes humans unhappy.
5
Q
What other activities do migrants do to stay entertained?
A
Drink alcohol when they have the money, play music, dance, preachers give reverent sermons or baptise crowds.
6
Q
What do migrants do when preachers enact sermons or baptise crowds?
A
‘Grovel and whine’
7
Q
Why do they use religion?
A
To distract themselves and find hope in religious salvation.
