Short Story Dean Makepeace By Tobias Wolff
Dean Makepeace
Dean Makepeace, from the short story Old School by Tobias Wolff, is the Dean of an old boarding school outside Seattle. Makepeace looks like an posh Englishman with his cane, his suit, and a friendship with Earnest Hemingway. If I were to describe Makepeace with one word, that word would be wise. Wolff shows us that Makepeace is wise in many ways. The first I noticed was when Wolff is describing how many books Makepeace has in his office. This, to me, shows that he has lived a long time and has learned much in life; that and the white hairs sprouting from his ears and nose. Wolff describes the bookshelves as “Shelves of dark, uniformly bound books,” that “rose up on either side, floor to high ceiling.” This shows the
Dean Makepeace, from the short story Old School by Tobias Wolff, is the Dean of an old boarding school outside Seattle. Makepeace looks like an posh Englishman with his cane, his suit, and a friendship with Earnest Hemingway. If I were to describe Makepeace with one word, that word would be wise. Wolff shows us that Makepeace is wise in many ways. The first I noticed was when Wolff is describing how many books Makepeace has in his office. This, to me, shows that he has lived a long time and has learned much in life; that and the white hairs sprouting from his ears and nose. Wolff describes the bookshelves as “Shelves of dark, uniformly bound books,” that “rose up on either side, floor to high ceiling.” This shows the