Barney: Responding Essay

1. Between the journal entries from September 10th and 11th, the give away has trapped the scientist by biting the rope while he was in the well, so he is either dead or alive at the bottom of the well. 2. Tayloe was fired because of envenom trails leading up to Barneys dish, and in the scientists point of view, Tayloe tried to kill the rat because he sentiment he was getting too smart. The scientist rationalized on this thinking that this was under the process of alcohol, that the life on the island was too a lot for him, and that he lost his dago pigs.3. The real cause for the dismissal was because the rat tricked the scientist into firing him, by placing poison trails leading up to his dish. Barney needed to get rid of Tayloe for cardinal reasons. The first gear is Tayloe said Barney was getting too smart, so he was worried he would try and kill him. The wink is that Barney was already plotting to kill the scientist, and it would be much easier to do so with Tayloe gone. Foreshadowing of the surprise ending was He denied it. Who else and so?This would make you think of who would have actually tried to poison Barney of the two of them, even though it was neither. 4. One sample of derision in the second last paragraph is I have now replaced that section or rope and arranged some old sacking beneath it to retard recurrence of the accident. This is ironic because the scientist believed the rope was weathering because of the edge of the masonry, and in trying to muss the problem, he arranged sacking underneath the rope.But this will do no good, as the rat was biting the rope, and later gets him trapped in the well with the same strategy. In the same paragraph, another sample of irony is Perhaps I should fix myself a sandwich as I may be down there eight-day than seems likely at the moment. This is ironic because the scientist thinks he will be in the well longer than he hopes. But little does he know, he will be down there for the rest of his shor t life. In the final paragraph, ternary sample of irony is I sprayned my wrist is why this is written so bad.This is very ironic because this is the rat pretending to be the scientist so that cipher is fishy. But a sprained wrist doesnt affect spelling, may average slur a few words. 5. ? 6. The story is written in journal form because it has to have time between each paragraph. For example, there has to be a gap between the second last and last journal entry, for the point of view to change (scientist to rat). 7. Well, the reultz of my experimentt argh complete. The ratt turned very very smart. The end.