The short story " Son of Satan " by Charles Bukowski is about a 11-year-old boy who is the narrator and his two companions Hass and Morgan. They are smoking and talking about another boy named Simpson who told them that he fucked a girl under the narrator's garage. They agreed to look him up and go to Simpson's place hit him a few times in his stomach and force him to go with them to the narrator's backyard. They agree that Simpson is guilty of lying and be hanged by the neck and therefore he is. The three boys run away, but the narrator goes back and let Simpson down he takes a long walk and then return to his home where his father was waiting for him they have a short conversation and then the narrator is getting beat up by his father.
Analysis of " Son of Satan " by Charles Bukowski
The story “Son of Satan is told from the first-person point of view of the unnamed narrator who is the main character of the story. He is subjective but not unreliable.
The story “Son of Satan” takes place during summer in a suburban neighborhood. In a small village with few residents which can be seen from the following quote: “Yeah. That son of a bitch claims ha fucked a girl under my house last week. It’s a god damned lie!” As the quote describes the story takes place in a small village since rumors like these spreads like wildfire. This could not be possible if the story took place in a big village with several residents. Judging by the name of the children – Hass, Morgan, and Simpson – we can assume the story takes place in an English-speaking country most likely in America. The reference to the family’s garage suggests that the story takes place in the 20th century sometime between the 1920s and the year when the story was published (1982).
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