Big Joe's Funeral

In class we read the short story Big Joe's Funeral. This short story wasn't really that interesting to me. It was about a guy who was very kind to everyone and he had alot of money. If you ask him for some he will give it to you and wouldn't expect you to pay it back. Then one day he canceled his insurance and got alot of money back. He wanted to have a party, a party where all of his friends and family would have a good time. Then he had an idea to have a funeral and then the party. Most people were confused but he just wanted to see what would people say about him if he was really gone. What Big Joe did was pretty stupid. He faked his own funeral so he can hear what people would say and do on his funeral. I guess its sort of understandable because on your funeral your friends and family say their last words to you and if your dead how can you hear. In the story there was girl named Peaches wanted to end party so she started to protest saying "He is not really dead." Peaches actions were kind of rude like she brought a boom box to the graveyard when Big Joe was being buried. Overall, this short story was okay I liked the other ones better.