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Analysis Of Old Scratchy Wilson

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Jack Potters antagonist is called Scratchy Wilson who’s name indicates evil. “Old Scratch” is a traditional nickname for the devil. The minimization through the suffix –y makes Wilson appear less evil and deflates his ability to do real harm. This is underlined by the following statement by the barkeeper; when sober, Scratchy is “all right – kind of simple – wouldn`t hurt a fly – nicest fellow in town.” After the reader has come to the end of the story he knows that Scratchy is not evil. Ironically ‘to scratch’ means to withdraw something. Referring to Cranes short story Scratchy Wilson also cancels the gunfight by the following

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