SuitabookThe journal of Sean Sullivan
William Durbin
- Reading
- Read it as a fictional journal, pausing to distinguish Sean’s individual experiences from what the story may suggest about railroad work more broadly.
- Themes
- Journal as a first-hand frame: Sean’s story is presented as a first-hand account of a fifteen-year-old working on the railroad with his father. The journal framing centres an individual young worker’s experience of the project.
- Worth knowing
- Sean encounters hardships as well as rewards while working on the railroad.