This entirety of the story portrayed in this poem in on the train/amtrack. The man portrayed was obviously opinionated on what the woman in the poem was speaking about, as displayed as "I could have said." If this poem happened to be a true story, I would be happy and thankful that he decided not to say those words to her, we all have our opinions, however there would be no reason to use that language with somebody, or to be harsh for the sake of being rude.
Something that stood out to me in this poem is the mans general perspective and the way he controls himself. He specifically stated that he was an Indian, so perhaps that would have significance to why he disliked Don Henely, but though he clearly disagreed with some of the things being spoken, he controlled himself and chose not to say those harsh words to her. I wonder if he knew this woman, he brought her back an orange juice from the food cart, I appreciate acts of kindness but it's also possible that they knew each other, or at least have seen each other on the train before, possibly. However, he described her as "the enemy" which makes me wonder what is it about this woman that would make him consider her, "the enemy?"
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