- Examine a work of literary fiction for theme
- Analyze character motivation in a work of literary fiction
- Analyze an author`s use of details in a work of literary fiction
Reading:
- Read the story on pages 247-252 in your Perrine's text.
Response:
As a comment to this post, respond to the following questions:
1. To what extent does the story explore the motives for the behavior of the wife and husband, the husband's mother, the servants, and the people who surround the suburb and the house?
2. What details in the introductory section and in the children's story imply the nature of the social order in which both occur?
3. The opening section of the story is told by a writer awakened by a frightening sound in the night. What two causes for the sound does she consider? Ultimately, which one is the more significant cause for fear? How doe these together create an emotional background for the "children's story" she tells?