Language: Another Place, Another Time
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What does the handcar symbolize in the story?
A passageway through time.
At the beginning of the story, why does Gilbert say that he hates time?
It is a tyrant.
Why does Gilbert feel that making his father laugh was "like Christmas and his birthday and a day at the beach all rolled into one"?
It makes him happy to see his dad.
What does the author express with the simile, "the summer roared past like a three-masted schooner before a gale"?
Summer just flew by.
What inference can you make about Gilbert's character from his interest in time?
curpase