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Constrast the way in which the mother and the man treat the little boy. Support your answer with examples from the story

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In a nearly empty train coach, there is a young family consisting of a woman and her two children. Her son, Johnny, is four years old, and she must constantly tend to his baby sister. While she ignores her son, the old man pays attention to him. I think that the old man understands the boys sarcasm and mind-set much better than his mother. Both the man and the boy seem to understand each other.