Chapter 1: Big Joe's Funeral

With a look at the chapter name, you'd expect this book to be all drama, sadness, and ultimately boring. After reading the first few paragraphs, I realized that this book is no melodramatic book. It's rather interesting. The narrator tells us all about Big Joe's funeral. Big Joe was your "go-to" guy. He was well-known and reliable. To prove his popularity, he planned his own funeral. He lay in the coffin, 100% alive, listening to people pay their respects. Almost all the people who attended knew he was alive. After the funeral, Big Joe jumped out of the coffin and the party began. The story ended with a neighbor being taken to jail and Big Joe, being reliable, giving his wife money to bail him out.