LA short story test
Popular Mechanics main characters
2 parents, he and she, no connection to each other, baby
Cathedral main characters
Bub- judgmental, no emotions Rob- blind dude, opens bub's eyes Bub's Wife- likes Rob
who were the main characters in None So Blind
Cletus Jefferson- protagonist, became neuroscientist, black Amy Linderbaum- blind, gets eyes removed, plays the violin
who wrote A Day's Wait
Ernest Hemingway
who wrote the Necklace
Guy de Maupassant
who wrote None So Blind
Joe Haldeman
Necklace main characters
Madame Losel-greedy, spends 10 years working to pay back money, Madame Louisel Husband- nice, gives everything to wife
who wrote Cathedral
Raymon Carver
who wrote Popular Mechanics
Raymond Carver
A Day's Wait main characters
Schatz- kid who was sick, Dad- point of view, ignored kid, no emotion
allusion
a reference to an outside or event
verbal irony
aka sarcasm, figure of speech which means opposite of what it said
irony
bro term to refer to the recognition of a reality different from appearance
utopia
perfect place
dystopia
the worst place
cosmic irony
universe is for them, universe is against them, universe doesn't help
types of irony
verbal irony, situational irony, dramatic irony, tragic irony, cosmic irony
tragic irony
we know it will end bad, but the character thinks it will end well
dramatic irony
we know the reality, but the character thinks the other way
situational irony
when there is an incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens, when we think or a character thinks of something, and it goes the other way
