Al feels confused at first but once Ed tells him whats going on he goes along with the plan
Al is Mr. Baumer's assistant, working closely with him in a professional capacity. Their relationship is characterized by a strong reliance on each other's expertise, with Al often supporting Mr. Baumer in various tasks and decisions. Additionally, they share a mutual respect, which enhances their collaborative efforts.
In the story "Bargain," Al's relationship with Mr. Baumer is one of desperation and negotiation. Al is a struggling father who seeks a deal with Mr. Baumer, who is a wealthy businessman, to secure financial assistance for his family's needs. Their interactions are marked by a power imbalance, as Mr. Baumer holds the resources Al desperately requires, leading to a tense and morally complex exchange between them. Ultimately, their relationship highlights themes of sacrifice and the lengths one will go to for family.
Mr. Baumeris a Dutch immigrant who can read and write. He was a fatherly figure towards Al whose dad died.Mr. Baumerwas a man who you wouldn't remember from meeting once. But, he had a small pink hill in the gentle plain of his face. His eyes had a kind of mistiness that seems to go with age or illness, which he wasn't old or sick.
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They had power over their family and were head of the household.
Al tells Mr. baumer to forget about Slade because Slade doesn't know how to read. Also, Slade doesn't care and he still won't pay his bill.
Mr. Baumer was like Al's father since he had passed away from a common disease in Moon Dance. He was a smart immigrant who knew how to write & read. On the other hand, there was Slade, who was illiterate (couldn't read/write) and bullied Mr. Baumer. Finally after Slade bullied him 3 times, Mr Baumer couldn't take it anymore, so he thought 'revenge' and hired Slade as his freighter (someone who delivers ordered goods to a store) and tricked him. Mr. Baumer knew that Slade always stole a beer from the box of goods people ordered, so this time, he ordered poisonous beer. He also knew that Slade couldn't read, so he would just think "Oh, beer!" Without knowing it was poisonous. So, as Mr. Baumer sneakly planned, Slade drank the poisonous beer and died. Also, Mr. Baumer and Slade had a couple things in common. Like there jobs, they were both adults , and they both are tricky.
Baumer, the owner of a general store, tries to collect a debt from Slade, his former employee and chronic bully cruelly twists Baumer’s nose and tosses the bill into the street. The next day, Baumer tells Al – the young narrator, who works part-time at the store – that the illiterate freighter, resents him, an immigrant who learned to read at sixteen and built a successful business; Baumer, in turn, resents Slade for stealing whiskey from ihm. A month later, Slade breaks Baumer’s hand. Shortly before Christmas, Baumer shocks Al by hiring Slade to haul freight. One bitterly cold day Slade dies in transit, apparently having frozen to death. Al, unloading a barrel, wonders whether there are enough customers for it. Assuring him there are, Baumer says it was a “bargain.” As Al notices the barrel’s label “Wood Alcohol – Deadly Poison,” Mr. Baumer slyly remarks, “Is good to know to read.”
Al is Mr. Baumer's assistant, working closely with him in a professional capacity. Their relationship is characterized by a strong reliance on each other's expertise, with Al often supporting Mr. Baumer in various tasks and decisions. Additionally, they share a mutual respect, which enhances their collaborative efforts.
In the story "Bargain," Al's relationship with Mr. Baumer is one of desperation and negotiation. Al is a struggling father who seeks a deal with Mr. Baumer, who is a wealthy businessman, to secure financial assistance for his family's needs. Their interactions are marked by a power imbalance, as Mr. Baumer holds the resources Al desperately requires, leading to a tense and morally complex exchange between them. Ultimately, their relationship highlights themes of sacrifice and the lengths one will go to for family.
the story bargain is about a boy Al working in a mercantile. His boss is an immigrant so this other freighter bullies him. But Mr. Baumer (Al's Boss) got tired of it and ordered a barrel of wood alcohol which was deadly to human but Slade the bully couldn't read but seeing the word alcohol on the barrel taught of it as alcohol and just stole some he drunk and died in the cold(-45degres Fahrenheit) but everybody just taught of it as the weather and everything went by.
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