Save The Moon For Kerdy Dickus Analysis

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Save the Moon for Kerdy Dickus Short Story by: Tim Wynne-Jones #1 Responding to the Story a) I think that the Stranger appeared so alarmed and frightened by the Moris because the lifestyle of the Moris was different and unusual from what he was used to seeing. The stranger thought the way of life that he saw at the Moris house was weird compared to those of his background. Things like the whole family was dressed in red (red flannel pyjamas, and even red slippers), the shape and design of the house, the clear plastic phone and other things that we aren’t custom to seeing in our own houses, made the stranger wonder where he was. Since he doesn’t see these types of customs and technologies at other houses he jumped to the conclusion he was being abducted. He thought they were going to do experiments and research on him and this resulted in him being frightened and alarmed. I would explain the stranger’s behaviour as being rude and impolite to the Moris family. The Moris family went out of their way to aid him, and the thanks they get are he treats them as unequal. b) In my opinion, the stranger appears to have more unusual characteristics than the Moris. I think this because the Stranger came up with strange and bizarre conclusions to things. Such as a “powerful tractor beam” pulling the truck right off the road and being…show more content…
It was hard for the stranger to comprehend what Ky was trying to say. He came up with an idea totally different from what was really said. This is one of the reasons he assumed they were Martians. This is the relevance of the line “Ky suggests to the stranger that he should save some room for turkey
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