Further, the cant Mr. Schoonover gives to it is more likely derived from his ideological leaning than from any serious critical reading of the story.

For the life of me, I cannot see any relationship the story of a town’s annual stoning of a resident and his assertion that the NRA is a cause of tyrannical rule.

Such a notion makes for simplistic parables for opinionaires, of course. Perhaps Victor has worked too long at the Middle School level.

I speak, BTW, as a former High School English Teacher.