She went to the University of Wisconsin and studied business at Columbia University. I feel this love for Harris may be contributed to his constant travels, he blows into town, has some fun than fades away as quickly as he appeared. pue hrns lit 10-16-14 Eudora Welty essay Eudora Welty has a past that would still be labeled as successful to this day. Harris's reputation was also addressed, people that knew him seemed to love him. "The Hitchhikers" centers around a murder, a murder committed for no good reason. Welty was known to write about childhood and love. According to Eudora Welty's biography this story seems a little outside of her normal works. Tom could have used this little piece of advice. My mother and father told me fear strangers and never ever pick up hitchhikers because they may just murder you. Fear in strangers that were Americans was nowhere near the fear level that has been instilled in my generation. at the time I am led to believe that since televisions were still a luxury and media didn't cover national stories with as much frequency people never heard of the murders, rapes, and other horrific crimes that were occurring in other areas. To try and explain this safer reputation that was in the U.S. One of the drifters was talkative and carrying a guitar, the other quiet and stoic. This false sense of security coupled by boredom and the fear of falling asleep leads Tom into picking up two drifters. America had a safer reputation in those days, and hitchhiking to destinations was common. Even children like my grandfather were making money by collecting rubber, metal, and paper to sell to companies in support of the war. In the early 40's, because of the war, unemployment was almost unheard of.
In 1940 door to door sales was a booming industry, cars were commonly owned which allowed men like Tom Harris, a travelling salesman and the main character in "The Hitchhikers," to travel to places where his merchandise was affordable and wanted.
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