“Clover” Essay The passage “Clover” talks about a teacher named Graham, who tells his classroom stories about his home-renovation. Graham has unique qualities at school and at home, and his class has special reactions to his stories. This story takes place in a classroom of girls and their male teacher Mr. Graham Koglin. Graham seems to be childish like the children even though he is the teacher, “Graham waited for the ritual to feather away and for the girls to take out their novels and note-books before he cleared his throat and pointed to his hair, which a couple of girls had already noticed.” The classroom likes to react to Graham and his silliness, “There were smiles, there was the folding of arms across chests, and the lovely gestures of smart and confident young women who appreciated the perquisites that came with being smart and responsible…” Graham’s silly and unique characteristics make the story livelier. …show more content…
Koglin tells his class stories in this passage. One story he had told was that he had done his hair without a mirror because he had finally removed the mirror from his home. Graham had told his class all about his renovation every step of the way, “Of course they knew. They had been in on the ongoing saga of Graham’s home renovations from the first day of class.” Seemingly, Graham is like family to these girls if he is able to talk about personal things like his home and his hair, “Before I begin with a poem, if I might just talk about my hair a moment.” Graham supposedly stretches his stories to waste time as he tells a story about a mirror when talking about his