trying to exclude Scho from the game. .
Scho agreed to share the glove and proceeded to walk and sit underneath an apple.
tree. He had figured it out that they did not want him to play with them, but he still just sat.
there and waited for his turn. As Scho kept watching and watching without saying a word.
he finally spoke up. He then asked Monk and Glennie if five minutes were up yet, so it.
would be his turn. But Monk's reply was, "One more minute to go." Scho then stood up.
and watched the ball slap back and forth for several minutes more, and then he turned and.
pulled himself up into the crotch of the tree. .
With the previous sentence, Richard Wilbur is trying to draw more attention to his.
character Scho. Scho is feeling unwanted and left out, he knows he is not welcomed.
Scho's intention of climbing up into the tree was to draw more attention to himself. He is.
hoping that Monk and Glennie will notice his actions and pay attention to him, rather than.
to their game. .
As Monk and Glennie's game still proceeds on, Scho notices that they are still.
ignoring him. Scho then started to climb higher, until the branches grew slender and bright.
beneath him. Scho then started to sing loudly, "Yo-ho, heave ho" in an exaggerated way.
But there was still no response from either of the boys. He then discovers a game of his.
own. He realizes that he can intrude upon the game of catch by heckling Monk and.
Glennie. Knowing that he is not as good as an athlete as they, he uses his game to give.
him a feeling of superiority and power over the others. .
For example, this excerpt taken from the story.
"Do you know what Monk?" he announced in a few moments. "I can make you.
two guys do anything I want. Catch the ball, Monk! Now you catch it, Glennie!".
"I was going to catch it anyway," Monk suddenly said. "You"re not making.
anybody do anything when they"re already going to do it anyways.".
By Scho's comments he is really starting to irritate Monk and Glennie, which is his.
