Bush Schooling - Chapters 9 - 25 *<Tab/>Title tells us that Facey is uneducated up to this point, which would be considered strange these days *<Tab/>"My birthday went unnoticed, a common thing in those days" - Shows how Facey has matured, and the fact that his birthday is "unnoticed" is almost a sign of a coming of age as only children's birthdays were celebrated, while his older …showed first 75 words of 2786 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2786 total…leaves Facey completely alone. We see how hard this has hit Facey as he does not write any further. This indicates to us that in a figurative sense, his life is meaningless or over to him at that point without his wife and grandmother. We see that at the end, Facey is content with the way his 'destiny' unfolded, while many other older people are regretful or bitter of the roads they did not take.