When I first heard of the novel’s title, "Train dreams", I was imagining the book would take place in modern times and perhaps tell the stories of people that ride the subway station in New York or some kind of urban city, however, I guessed wrong. "Train Dreams" is really about Robert Grainier, who works at Spokane international railway in the Idaho panhandle in the summer of 1917. The beginning of the novel felt like I was reading a scene from an old western movie as Grainer and other railroad workers were trying to throw a Chinaman off a bridge because he was accused of theft. Nonetheless, the Chinaman was able to escape, and “A couple of the work gang cheered his escape, while others, though not quite certain… shouted that the villain ought