Jan 2, 2010

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven | Summary and Analysis: Amusements and A Train Is an Order of Occurrence Designed to Lead to Some Result

New Characters
Sadie: Victor’s sidekick in this story.

Dirty Joe: the drunken man that Victor and Sadie humiliate on the carnival ride.

Samuel Builds-the-Fire: Thomas’s grandfather, who suffers an emotional decline culminating in death in this story.

Summary
“Amusements” and “A Train Is an Order of Occurrence Designed to Lead to Some Result” both relate the experiences of minor characters who suffer humiliation.

“Amusements” is an exceptionally short story, just over four pages long, about a cruel joke played on Dirty...