Hey, Come on Out

What is the main reason that "the hole gave peace of mind to the dwellers of the city"?

They could continue to produce as much as they wanted without fear of the juik they would accumulate.

Resolved

Firm and fixed in purpose

Read this paragraph from "He—y, Come On Ou—t!" What had the reporter with the camera most likely been planning to do? One newspaper reporter tied a weight to the end of a long cord and lowered it into the hole. A long way down it went. The cord ran out, however, and he tried to pull it out, but it would not come back up. Two or three people helped out but when they all pulled too hard, the cord parted at the edge of the hole. Another reporter, a camera in hand, who had been watching all of this, quietly untied a stout rope that had been wound around his waist.

He had thoughts of lowering himself and his camera into the hole to get a story

The scientist seems to pride himself on being "all-knowing." What does he do that best shows his self-important nature?

He pretends to understand because everyone was watching him.

Who offers to fill the hole?

One of the concessionaires(business men) offered to fill the hole.

Verbal Irony

A contrast between what a narrator or character says and what he or she means.

Situational Irony

A contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually happens.

Dramatic Irony

A contrast between what the reader knows and what the character knows. You know it is going to happen, but the character might not.

sequel

A published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one.

How do the villagers come to discover the hole?

A small syringe had been swept away by a landslide after a typhoon.

How does the scientist who comes to examine the hole behave?

At first he was puzzled, but then acted like the hole is not a big deal

Subsequent

Coming after something in time; following

Disposal

The act of getting rid of something

Read these lines from "He—y, Come On Ou—t!" In general, how does the hole seem to make people feel? The police felt comforted as they used the hole to get rid of accumulations of expertly done counterfeit bills. Criminals breathed easier after throwing material evidence into the hole.

The hole helped people feel relieved to get rid of things that they did not want or need.

How does the incident with the workman at the end of the story most clearly present an example of dramatic irony?

The reader knows more than they character in the story. The reader knows about the pebble.

Consequence

The relation of effect to cause

As the concessionaire begins to sell space in the hole, he advertises it by announcing, "We've got a fabulously deep hole!" What makes this statement a form of verbal irony?

The town is somewhat scared of the hole, but the ad makes the hole sounds fabulous.

The people in "He—y, Come On Ou—t!" believe that their "problems...would gradually be resolved by the hole." What is the first sign that they are incorrect?

The voice from above and the pebble reappeared.

Which event creates situational irony in the ending of "He—y, Come On Ou—t!"?

The voice saying the same thing from the beginning of the story and the pebbly falling at the end

What is remarkable about the hole that the villagers discover?

There seemed to be no bottom to the hole