Question

Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow.

‘…I wish him dead’.

1. Who is ‘I’? Whom does ‘him’ refer to?
2. Why does the speaker make such a wish?

Answer 1

1. ‘I’ is Mr. White, and ‘him’ refers to his son, Herbert.
2. Mr. White makes the wish to stop Herbert who has returned as a terrifying, damaged figure from entering the house, and to let him rest in peace.