Four Summers | Part 2 Summary
In this section, Sissy is at the boathouse tavern again with her father and Jerry. Oates marks the passage of time through details about the characters: for example, her mother has had another baby, and Frank is at a stock car race. Jerry is twelve years old, and Sissie says he is ‘‘like Dad, the way his eyes look.’’ Jerry says he hates his father, remarking, ‘‘All he does is drink.’’ Jerry and Sissie wait for their father to take them on a boat ride to an island in the center of the lake. Throughout the section, Sissie describes the loudness and vulgarity of the...
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