This short story term report is on the book The Best American Short Stories 1960, "The Day of the Bullet".
It first takes place in the sixties when Stanley's wife is reading the newspaper and Stanley sees a picture of his old best friend, Iggy, on the front page. He grabs the paper and reads that Iggy has been shot. Then the story takes us back to the 1920s when Stanley saw Iggy last. Iggy loved golf, and he was always trying to save his money for a golf putter. Stanley and Iggy used to sneak off to a golf course to steal golf balls in the one of the course's ponds. Then the author shaped a picture in my mind about the last time Iggy and Stanley were there. They saw the golf club owner, Mr. Rose, beat another man. The two boys decided that they should tell the police what had happened.
When they arrived at the police station and told the chief what had happened. He did not believe them, and he called Mr. Rose and Iggy's father to question them. Iggy tried to get......
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