Why do you think the narrator wanted to go to Galesburg, Illinois ? Write a 120-150 word answer supporting your opinion. Please enter your answer here only.(6 marks)
Answers
Galesburg was a world of romance, leisure, freeness and repose
Explanation:
Sam was fascinated by Charley's description of Galesburg. He painted a picture that Galesburg, Illinois was a wonderful town with big old frame houses, huge lawns and tremendous trees. He described that the town was a world of romance, leisure, freeness and repose. Summer evenings were twice as long there. The people sat out on their lawns. The men smoked cigars and talked quickly. The women sat in leisure waving palm-leaf fans. Sam was fascinated by Charley's description of Galesburg. The narrator was so burdened by the tensions and stress of modern life that he thought of escaping to the peaceful world of Galesburg. He wished he could escape from the insecurity, fear, war, worry and tension of the modern world by doing that.