Good Country People



How does the story deal with the theme of the human inability to see clearly thus name clearly?


I don’t really get the question but I will try. The story deals with the theme of human inability to see clearly by showing Joy changing her name. When Joy picks the name Hulga as the name she wants to change hers too. You can already tell that she didn’t do this cause she wanted to. She did this to make her mom mad at her. He appearance changed after that too. She became bulckier and meaner. Her mother coulding believe she did this. This is why I think she did but I don’t really get the question.

Raeanna Lucey



The Lottery


1. You think the story is going to be about just a person winning the lottery. The lottery is when someone buys a little card and trys to get numbers to win a bunch of money. In the story there is a person who won the lottery and it was different because his family got to pick a share of the money. So in the end he ended up with the lesser amount of money.

8. Its presented in an objective point of view because he is surprised and angry that his family gets a share of his lottery winnings. The dispassionate makes it so effective because it shows and tells you that he doesn’t care but if you really pay attention he does care.

Hills Like White Elephants




Question #2: What is indicated about the past life of the man and the girl? How? What happened to the equality of their relationship? Why? How do we know? How accurate is the man’s judgment about their future?

Answer: I think that the man and the girl used to be in love. In the middle I feel like he was wanting to but she didn’t want to and he said that was fine as long as she felt comfortable. He was asking he to do it and she said she didn’t want to and he was cool with that. She starts getting irritated with him and he just wants everything to be like old times. His judgment on the future is like 50 % accurate because he thinks they will get back to old times and she just gets all mad at the end.

Question #5: Much of the conversation seems to be about trivial things ( ordering drinks. The weather. And so on.) What purpose does this conversation serve? What relevance has the girls remarks about absinthe?

Answer: The purpose of the conversation is that they are trying just to pass time and then get on the train and they don’t know what else to do so they just keep drinking. The relevance to absinthe is when she talks about it tasting like licorice.

Cathedral

Question: Why is significant that the narrator can't describe a cathedral to the blind man? What does this tell the reader about his charactor?

Answer: I think that it is significant because you know how the character feels being blind. So if he doesn't know why should we. It tells the reader that the man is blind.

The Lesson



Question #3: What is the relationship between Sylvia and her cousin Sugar? How are they contrasted?

Answer: To me it seems that Sylvia and Sugar aren’t very close. They can have fun together, but most of the time they are mad at each other or jealous of each other. I find that they talk to each other but most of it is that Sylvia is thinking in her head about Sugar. I think they are contrasted by Sylvia always kind of being jealous and Sugar isn’t jealous a lot.

Question #4: Sugar states the lesson that she has learned in paragraph 51. How does the sorrowful look that Miss Moore gives Sylvia in that paragraph suggest that there is more to the lesson? What more? Explain the effect of Sugars definition of happiness as “an equal crack at the dough” on Miss Moore and on Sylvia.

Answer: It suggests that there is more to the lesson cause she probably looks disappointed and its like a look for help. That is when Sylvia states that she can feel there is something more to it deep in her chest. Like it takes more that just like a piece of the happiness its not just going to be given to you, you have to earn it. I feel like Miss Moore was trying to get the point across and she finally thought she did and then she is disappointed that she didn’t, it made Sylvia think that if that’s not it than what is it and maybe she will come up with the right answer.

The Swimmer



Question: What statement, if any, is the author, John Cheever, trying to make about post World War ll America through the characters in this story?

Answer: I think the statement that the author John Cheever is saying is “ Beyond the hedge he pulled on his trunks and fastened them.

Everday Use



Question #4: Does the mother’s refusal to let Dee have the quilts indicate a permanent or temporary change of character? Why has she never done anything like it before? Why does she do it now? What details in the story prepare for and foreshadow that refusal?

Answer: It indicates a temporary change of character because she goes back to the same again. Because she felt bad for Dee. Because she is setting ground rules because now Dee is ready for the. When her mother thinks about it for alittle and then gets mad at her and that is when she says no.

Interpreter of Maladies




Question #2: How does the plot help to illuminate the differing cultural viewpoints of Mr. Kapasi and of Mrs. Das? Which cultural viewpoint is presented with greater sympathy?

Answer: It helps because they are both interested in the same thing during the story. I think the Indian culture was because that’s were they were and they toured places in India.

Question #8: What does the ending suggest about Mr. Kapasi’s future? Has his encounter with the Das family created any permanent change in his outlook on life or his view of himself? Is the ending happy or unhappy?

Answer: I think that he will respect the American culture more and he has a little crush on Mrs. Das. That he can like people and not the one he is suppost to marry. The ending is unhappy because Bobby gets hurt by the monkeys.

The Desctructor


Question #1: Who is the protagonist in this story----- Trevor, Blackie, or the gang? Who or what is the antagonist? Identify the conflicts of the story.

Answer: I think that the protagonist is the gang. The antagonist I think is Old Misery. The gang wanted to brake into the house and completely destroy it. They locked Old Misery in the loo so that they could completely destroy it.

Question #5:Of what significance, if any is the setting of this story in blitzed London? Does the story have anything to say about the consequences of war?

Answer: I think that setting is kind of like the older and kind of poorer part of the city. I didn’t catch anything that said something about war.

Hunters In The Snow


Question #3: Which is the most sympathetic of the three characters? The story deals, in part, with the power struggle among the characters. Which character is the most powerful? Do the balance of power and alliances between the characters shift as the story proceeds?

Answer: The most sympathetic of the three is Frank. I think that Tub is the most character because if one of the guys pick on him he tells them to back off and they do. Yes because in the beginning Frank and Kenny are picking on Tub and that’s when they have most power and then at the end if switches and Tub shoots Kenny for being a jerk and tells Frank to back of or else.

Question #4: How do the physical descriptions of the characters help us to understand them? For example, how is Tub’s obesity relevant to his character?

Answer: I think it helps us a little bit. With Tub it shows he has feelings about people making fun of his weight and him all together. So in the end you can tell he is strong and not just fat because he pretty much pins Frank against the fence because of a comment Frank made.

Question #7: What is the purpose of the scene in which Frank and Tub stop at the tavern for food and coffee, leaving the wounded Kenny in the back of the truck? During their conversation, Frank analyzes his own character and expresses remorse. Are his insights and remorse genuine? Why or why not?

Answer: The purpose of the scene is to show that leaving him there was giving less chance of survival and when they got in the car and took the blankets off him and kept going realizing they had taken a wrong turn you know Kenny did not survive. I think they are because he is talking about how the kids like Nancy but that he thinks he is going to leave her. He needed to talk to someone and needed a friend and Tub was there for him. He feels bad because his kids really like her but he isn’t sure if he loves her anymore.

Question #3: Discuss the characterizations of Rainsford and Gerneral Zaroff. Which one is more fully characterized? Are both characters plausible?

Answer: I think that Gerneral Zaroff was more fully characterized because you really needed to know details about him in order to get how creepy and weird he really is. I think that both characters are plausible. I feel that Rainsford is a little more plausible just because anyone could fall off a boat and swim to the closest island. I think that if you were in Rainsfords place you wouldn’t always meet a guy that needs a new animal to hunt so it becomes you. I think Zaroff would be a little harder to find in reality. They were both such different characters but they fit together well in the story.

Question #7: As you go through the story a second time, do you find more significance in any of the action or description than you noticed during the first reading?

Answer: I say yes because I felt like the first time you were just getting used to the story and what it is about. The second time through I think is you realize like all the little traps and tricks they play on each other. You already know the story so it is easier to focus on the details and find them in the text. The action I think is more intense because now you can focus on details more the second time.

Raeanna Lucey
9/11 Block B



Araby

Question #8: Analyze the boy’s feelings as described in the story’s last paragraph. Are his feelings justified? How will he e chaned as a result of his experience at the bazaar?

Answer: I think is feeling are justified because in the last paragraph he is kind of angry and sad at the same time I think. He was angry because his father had come home so late and was afraid he wouldn’t get to go to bazaar. He was sad and also angry because he couldn’t lay outside her door. He seemed to be distracted when he lingered around that women’s stall. When he listened to the women’s conversation with the two younger men it seemed like it reminded him of something. Like it reminded him of that girl some how but I am not sure how.





Eveline

Question #3: At just about the middle of the story ( end of chapter nine), Eveline sums up her life in Dublin: “ It was hard work—a hard life—but now that she was about to leave it she did not find it a wholly undesirable life.” What about it makes it attractive to her?

Answer: I think that she wanted to leave at first because she felt miserable. She felt that Frank could give her a non-miserable life. When she went back and thought about it as miserable as it is it is still her home. She wants to get away from her father but at the same time she remembers the good things about him and feels that he wont be able to get around so well and take care of himself that well if she leaves. I think that is what is holding her back. She knows her father is getting old because she is seeing him waken and that is why she likes home as much as she hates it. I think she says she hates it to cover her real feeling of liking what she does at home.

Question #7c: Is Eveline a sympathetic or unsympathetic character? Is she a victim of her character or of circumstances beyond her control? How do these issues contribute to the major theme?

Answer: I think that Eveline is a sympathetic person because she cares about her father no matter how mean he is to her. She knows he needs her. I think she has circumstances beyond her control like her fathers anger and what he could do to her. She has no control over that. They contribute because she at the last minute she decides not to go with Frank because she loves her father to much and know he needs her. He might not be the nicest person in her life but he is the one she cares for the most and she is just following her heart. I think that what also contributes to the story is that no matter how much she will love a man to marry who is so sweet and everything her father will always be the better one.

Welcome

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