Sonny comes back and says that he has succeeded in dragging the car out of the ravine. He will use a mule and ropes to haul the car from the ravine.īowman is too frail to help Sonny he remains in the cabin with the woman as her husband does the work. Finally, Sonny turns up and devises a plan. Then the woman goes inside the cabin to wait, and Bowman follows. She says that her husband, Sonny, is due back soon. He almost tries to sell the woman some shoes, but then abruptly asks for help in getting his car out of the ravine. She doesn’t say anything until Bowman introduces himself.Īlthough he travels a lot, Bowman doesn’t know how to make casual conversation.
There a pregnant woman stands in the doorway, watching. With his car about to tip over, he climbs out and stumbles toward a nearby cabin on a hill. Then Bowman loses concentration and tries to stop, but the emergency brake fails and his car runs off the road he finds himself at the edge of a ravine. Bowman contemplates asking strangers for help, but he knows that people living in the countryside rarely travel far and therefore won’t know how to get to Beulah. The problem is that, because he’s feverish, he took a wrong turn a while back and now he’s lost-with no idea where the nearest town is. Bowman decides he can’t drive much longer he must find somewhere to rest and sleep off the remaining flu symptoms.īowman had planned on reaching Beulah, which is still fifty miles away. The flu weakened his heart, and he knows he won’t be the same again what he doesn’t realize is just how sick he is. He recently spent weeks in bed with the flu, and he still feels feverish. When the story begins, Bowman is on the road as usual, but he doesn’t feel well.
He lives in hotels, lives out of suitcases, has no wife or romantic prospects, and makes no friends. For over fourteen years, he has worked as a traveling salesman for a shoe company, traveling all over Mississippi and surrounding areas. This script explores the lonely existence of a traveling salesman and the toll his isolated life takes on his mental as well as physical health.
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