the harness

English 12 – Short stories “The Harness” by Ernest Buckler
1. “The Harness” (could not find original publication on internet)
2. Ernest Buckler- had “The Harness” reprinted from the Rebellion Of Young David and Other Stories. Canadian publishers reprinted his story from the book several times. He is a Canadian writer himself.
3. David, is the protagonist in the story, he is a seven-year-old boy. David is the son, of the second main character in the story, Art. In the first paragraph, I noticed something about David, he wasn’t a normal little boy, “Has a look of accusing innocence when he is a asleep.” That sentence jumped out at me and I thought, wait a second, this boy is going to get more and more interesting. David had a look of “isolating violence,” (mentioned in the first paragraph as well) and he would lash out and have a dark look in his eyes. He would have dreams where he would call out to his dad, as if he was being abandoned, “wait…wait up, A...