LA short story test

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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


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