"Just Walk on By" Discussion

[Admin]

Please respond to the story with one initial assertion (or question) about the story, two responses to other assertions/questions, and two responses to the responses. You can respond to other classes as well. Please refer to the text explicitly as much as possible--both paraphrasing and citing directly.

[Admin]

What is Staples alluding to when he makes this statement at the end?

"Virtually everybody seems to sense that a mugger wouldn’t be warbling bright, sunny selections from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. It is my equivalent to the cowbell that hikers wear when they know they are in bear country."