Lesson 1 Intro To Short Stories (Completed)

Learning Objectives (Not to be answered)

1.1 Employ the Say Something strategy to help you summarize, understand, and remember what you have read. 1.2 Define the literary term narrator and identify the narrator in each story. 1.3 Answer comprehension questions about the readings. 1.4 Identify and define vocabulary pertinent to the selected readings.

Pilgrimage

A journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion

Folio

A leaf especially of a manuscript or book

Gesture

A movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning

Conjurer

A person who practices magic and conjures spirits

How often should you pause to do a say something sentence?

After every page

How do the shoppers react to the girls in the store?

At first, the shoppers do not even notice the three girls because they are consumed b their shopping routes. At the end, when Lengel is lecturing thae girls, they come to gawk at the scene

What happens to the rest of the water?

He thinks they are foolish. On the bottom of page 80, he says he would not drink the water even if it was on his doorstep. Also, before they drink the water, he says that he thinks it was hard to grow old and does not want to do it again.

Do you agree with Sammy's decision to quit? Why or why not? (There is not one correct answer for this)

I agree with his decision, not just because of what Lengel did, but because I think Sammy does not want to end up like Stokesie or Lengel. Quitting will allow him to choose a different path for himself.

What do you think the moral of this story it?

I think the moral of the story is that a person should be happy with what he has at present instead of wishing for another time. Another moral could be to think before you act. Dr. Heidegger asks them to make some rules before they drink the potion, so they will not repeat old mistakes, but they ignore him and then go on to repeat all their old mistakes.

What does the Say Something strategy help you do as a reader?

It helps you check in with yourself to see if you are understanding what you read

What is the electric eye he refers to on page 234 and again on page 235?

It is the automatic door at the grocery store.

What is Lengel's reaction to the girls?

Lengel confronts the girls and tells them never to come in again unless they are dressed. When they argue with him, he repeats that it is the policy of the store.

Who is the narrator of the story?

Nathaniel Hawthorn

Where is the town in which the story takes place? Is it a big city or a small town?

On page 232, Sammy describes his town as being five

How does Sammy's family react to his decision to quit?

On page 232, Sammy says his quitting is sad to his family when he says, "Now here comes the sad part of the story, at least my family thinks it's sad."

Dr. Heidegger warms his guests of something before he gives them water. What is his warning?

On page 76, he warns that they should, "draw up a few rules for your guidance.... Think what a sin and a shame it would be, if, with your peculiar advantages, you should not become patterns of virtue and wisdom to all the young people of the age." In other words, they should have learned something from their years of experience.

What is Dr. Heideggers reaction to his guests behavior?

On page 79, the three men start to fight over the widow, and they accidentally knock the table over and the water spills.

Describe Dr. Heidegger's office?

On pages 73-74, the office is described as dusty and filled with old books and strange things. There is said to be a skeleton in a closet that rattles when guests get too close to a certain book and a mirror in which all of the doctor's dead patients can be seen. There is also a portrait of a lady that the doctor was supposed to marry who died the night before the wedding. Overall, I would say this is a spooky office.

How should you read a short story? (6 Steps)

Read the Before You Read section in the commentary and complete any writing activities provided. Read the short story and take notes about anything discussed in the Before You Read section. Read the After You Read section and complete any writing activities. Complete the Vocabulary section. Re-read the story from beginning to end. Complete the Self-Test exercises provided.

Fatal

Resulting in death

What is Sammy's feeling about his decision?

Sammy has mixed feelings about his decision. He seems happy when he walks into the sunshine, but in the very last line his stomach falls and he knows everything will be harder for him now that he has decided to go against his expected path.

Describe Sammy's Personality. Use at least one example from the story to support your description

Sammy is a funny and smart guy. He jokes with Stokesie about the girls showing his sense of humor and closely observes the shoppers calling them sheep, noting how they don't deserve anything

Visage

The face, usually with reference to shape, features, expressions, etc.

What do all the people he has summoned to his office have in common?

The four guests in the room were successful at one time but then were shamed or went bankrupt and are old and miserable. Also, all three men loved the Widow Wycherly at one time.

Narrator

The narrator, generally speaking, is the person telling the story. Here is an important idea about the narrator of a story—the narrator and the author are not necessarily the same person.

What do Dr. Heideggers four guests have in common?

They all failed at their goals in life

What is the Say Something Strategy?

This activity will help you monitor, or check in, with yourself to see whether or not you understand what is happening in a story you read, stop at the end of each page. Pause for a moment and think back on what just happened in the story. Then, using one of the Say Something sentence starters, write a sentence to make a prediction, make a comment, make a connection, or clarify something about what you just read.

What is the meaning of the phrase, "once you begin a gesture it is fatal not to go through with it"?

You should stick to your principles, or you will not respect yourself