I need to analyze "Town Smokes" in order to show what the story reveals about becoming a man. Is there someone who can help me?I need a good...

Pinckney Benedict's stories "Town Smokes" depicts the life
of a boy in search for a better life and manhood. During the story, the boy loses his
father, all of his worldly possessions (at the hands of two older boys), and
hope.

In the end, the death of his father forces the boy to
become a man. At one point in the story, one can see that he lies in a middle area, a
border, between boyhood and manhood.

What the boy comes to
realize is that the path to becoming a men is a long one. Like the rain which falls
throughout the text, the change into manhood is slow and steady. It is not something one
can force at will.

A good thesis statement one can form in
regards to the text, and about manhood, would examine the imagery of the rain and how it
symbolizes the slow and steady voyage into
manhood.

Therefore, a proper thesis would look like
this:

In Benedict's story "Town Smokes", the path to
adulthood is filled with challenges one must overcome. The protagonist's understanding
of the rain, which falls around him almost constantly, is the key to finding the path to
adulthood.