Phoenix

Well, someone has to ask the question. Is the boy dead or not? There are no textual references to say one way or the other, and personally I hate stories like that. Give me an ending, please do not leave it up to me. But one thing the story does reveal is that she makes this trip quite often, if not every two to three days. I got a sense of this when the nurse says “’charity’… making a check mark in a book.” (Welry). The nurse has obviously done this multiple times before, and for some reason is keeping track for the doctor. Is it even medicine she gives Phoenix? Who knows.