Do the following:
1.Read Chapter 7: Plot, along with Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour.” Most people would say the climax of “The Story of an Hour” is the moment when Louise sees her husband is still alive and dies. If so, what is the primary conflict, and how does it drive the plot to that climax? Make sure to support and develop your answers with details and quotes from the story.
2.Read Chapter 7: Plot, along with Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour.” Rewrite the ending of the story, and then explain how well your ending does or does not emerge from and resolve the story’s conflict(s).
3.Read Chapter 8: "Character," along with John Updike’s “A&P.” Clearly, Sammy is the protagonist of “A&P.” But what kind of a protagonist is he? Describe his character, using any concepts from Chapter 8 that apply and supporting your description with specific examples and quotes from the text. Would you say he develops throughout the course of the story? If yes, how? If no, why not?
4.Read Chapter 7: "Plot" and Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour." Even before the story’s surprise ending, many readers are surprised by Louise’s unconventional reaction to the news of her husband’s death. Please post a message in which you respond to the following questions:
How would you describe her reaction?
More importantly, how do you explain it?
Make sure to use specific evidence from the story (in the form of direct quotations) to support your explanation.
5.Read Chapter 8: "Character" and John Updike's "A&P". The ending of “A&P” suggests that Sammy feels he has made a momentous choice by quitting his job in response to the way Lengel treats the girls, a choice that will change his life forever. Post a message in which you respond to the following questions:
Why might Sammy think the world is going to be hard to him from that moment on?
Hard in what way?
Do you agree?
What does this final assumption on his part add to the story? Does Sammy seem to change at this point, or is his reaction consistent with his character as established in the rest of the story?
Make sure to use specific evidence from the story (in the form of direct quotations) to support your explanation
6.Read Chapter 13: Setting and the excerpt from Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis.The excerpt from Persepolis is especially interesting in terms of setting because of the way Satrapi’s visual rendering of the characters and the rest of the frames surrounding them interact with the mood created by the story's historical and geographical context. Post a message about how these visual elements contribute to setting; specific questions you may want to consider include
Visual elements help establish the harsh, restrictive nature of the setting?
How are Marji and the “guardians of the revolution” drawn differently?
What is the significance of the dark background in panels 2-4?