Indledning
The story is about a father and his 12-year-old son Tommy Grimes. They are in the forest to go hunting. Tommy remembers an event from last year when he failed to shoot a weasel which came into the hen-yard and killed 43 hens.

Tommy is looking up to his Father so this time he doesn’t want to disappoint him and Tommy’s father has told him that, although a man dies a little every time he kills, some animals are of no use and need to be killed, no matter what.

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The main character is Tommy Grimes. He is a 12 years old boy who lives with his mom and father in a house near Collierville.

The most important person we here about otherwise are Tommy’s father Tom Grimes also called Pa.

The story also mentions other characters, such as the boy’s mother, the men at the Hut, and the black man whom Tommy kills. Nevertheless, the most important aspect is the relationship between father and son.

It’s not seemed to be a good relationship between Tommy and his father. His father is trying to show tommy what a real man is but not in a good way. Tommy is only 12-year-old but his dad trying to teach him to use a rifle. (p. 1, l. 34).

The story has a twist ending, which reveals that Tommy’s prey was not an animal but a black man.