nce to interest him in the vehicle." (464)Lyman concluded that the easiest way to interest Henry in the car was to "fix" the car so that it needed repair. After Lyman banged the car with a hammer, it took Henry almost a month to notice the dents. Gradually Henry began to fix it. The car had reunited the brothers in a common interest. Eventually they took the car out for what would be the final ride. Henry and Lyman went to the river with a cooler of beer; they built a fire and sat down under a tree. After a fight, a laugh, and a brotherly good time, Henry jumped into the river and drowned. Lyman was devastated! He decided that since his brother was gone, he did not want the one thing around that would always remind him of Henry: the car. Lyman shoved the car into the river so it would forever rest with Henry. When Lyman pushed the car into the river, it represented an end as well as a beginning. It symbolized the end of the relationship with his brother and a beginning to a new chapter in his life. The car exemplified the bond between Lyman and Henry, which was forever broken with Henry's death. This story could not have been as effective without using the object, a car, to personify the bond between the characters....
