The Inheritance of Tools

Scott Russell Sanders

grandfather - father - him - children

time

time

time (flashback); father's death, thumb = trigger (scar)

-history of hammer links to father and grandfather-father - working on roof-grandfather - building house following wedding -appearance of hammer

-childhood-learned from father-inherits skills (ways to use tools) and learns lessons (value of hard work)-take pride in work-paragraph 10 - perfectionists (levels, straight angles, continuously looks at work)

pass down to his own children

knowledge and use from tools (shift)

-gerbil (flashforward)-ex of perfectionism-pride has to end

inheritance of tools (shift)

-ends with beginning- opening/ending same (father's death)