In at least one hundred and fifty words, identify two central ideas in david lance goines’s “let sleeping dogs lie,” and explain how goines uses the satirical form to express these central ideas.

One central main idea in "let sleeping dogs lie" is murder, which occurs at the chicken house. hank and drover are invested into finding who is doing the killing throughout the selection. goine uses the satirical form with the main idea murder when hank is working traffic, then sees plato and beulah in billy's pickup. he then tries to show off but in the process annoys billy, which the results in him using the truck door to destroy the foor legged nuisanse over the ditch. by using satirical form goine is able to create suspense and drama. the second central idea is darkness. through all of the murder and despair going on the story is still entertaining andhas the reader on the edge of their seat. his satirical form again enhances the story through dramatic sarcasm.

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