Oct 7, 2008

Mules and Men | Part II, Chapter Four: Summary and Analysis

New Characters:
Father Joe Watson (“Frizzly Rooster”): a “two-headed” doctor of great power.

Mary Watson: the wife of the “Frizzly Rooster.”

Mrs. Murchison: a woman who comes to the “Frizzly Rooster” for counsel.

Summary
Zora becomes a pupil of Father Joe Watson and his wife Mary. Father Watson, the “Frizzly Rooster,” is proud of his ability to “read people,” or his ability to know a person as soon as he or she walks into a room. While studying, Zora learns that Mary Watson actually fears her husband and would leave him if she could but is...