Select the passages that can be used to give us insight into the idea that the people of Nameless, Tennessee are proud of their
town and way of life. “You think Nameless is a funny name,” Miss Ginny said. “I see it plain in your eyes. Well, you take yourself up north a piece to Difficult or Defeated or Shake Rag. Now them are silly names.”
Watts and Hilda sat and talked while I ate. “Wish you would join me.”
“We’ve ate,” Watts said. “Cain’t beat a woodstove for flavorful cookin’.”
“She’s in nursin’ school at Tennessee Tech. I went over for one of them football games last year there at Coevul.”
The thing startled me. Was it something I was supposed to sign? He opened it but said nothing.
“You think Nameless is a funny name,” Miss Ginny said. “I see it plain in your eyes. Well, you take yourself up north a piece to Difficult or Defeated or Shake Rag. Now them are silly names.”
Surprisingly, this is true! I know, I was suprised when I first learned it too. It persuades the reader that the story or whatever is worth reading or not worth reading.
