The anecdote of mrs. pike’s and leota’s visit to the freak show is central to the story. which lines foreshadow the importance the experience will play later in the story?
“all he can do, he can move his head just a quarter of an inch. a course he looks just terrible.”
“did mrs. pike like the petrified man? ” asked mrs. fletcher. “not as much as she did the others,” said leota deprecatingly.
“she told her mr. pike was as true to her as he could be and besides would come into some money.”
“we went to the travelin’ freak show yestiddy after work. i got through early—nine o’clock. in the vacant store next door? ”