Short Story Details #2

Hanus ELA AP 30

triggers the fight (Young Man’s Folly)

narrator’s father’s closet is emptied, narrator decides to live with father

climax (Young Man’s Folly)

newcaster rejects his son living with him, going to California and Jennifer

three-fold meaning of title (Young Man’s Folly)

narrator overlooks mother’s lover while yearning for his father’s,

newscaster foolishly goes off and leaves his family,

traditional pattern of quilt (been around for decades)

old superstition (To Set Our House in Order)

a bird in the house means a death in the family

theme (To Set Our House in Order)

Living is not always neat and orderly, and some lies can be loving.

narrative hook (Dreams)

“I was sixteen years old when he took my dream away from me.”

symbol representing unfettered dreams and potential (Dreams)

“The horizon was endless, physically and metaphorically.”

symbol representing obstacles (Dreams)

“Without the protection or impediment of trees- you could view the wide sea.”

symbol representing moving and pursuing dreams (Dreams)

wind - associated with freedom and boy with dreams

symbol representing stagnant (Dreams)

dead air - associated with people without vision

climax (Dreams)

narrator receives scholarship and is told he can’t be a fisherman

denouement (Dreams)

narrator sits on the woodpile and stares at the horizon, searching for Africa

theme (Dreams)

People who settle for security lose their dreams

causes narrator’s nickname “spaceman” (Mirrors)

he tries to shoot the funeral director and misses

3 events that makes the narrator’s world feel like it’s falling apart (Mirrors)

father’s death, mother’s admission to the clinic, selling the house due to debt

narrator’s conflicting memories with his sisters’ (Mirrors)

“But Coco didn’t die.”, “I thought it was me in Dad’s suit.”

symbolic purpose of mirrors (Mirrors)

The way people look at themselves is distinct from others

narrative technique largely used (Mirrors)

flashbacks

symbol representing everlasting love (Saying Good-bye)

old, faded calendar, “Even though everything else has changed, the calendar is still there.”

denouement (Saying Good-bye)

Liza spreads her father’s ashes

theme (Saying Good-bye)

Although death changes people’s relationship, their love and memories remain constant.

Band-Aid (The Rink)

Mrs. Givens, rink seal, Cory

Plot devices (The Rink)

Sleigh and Intercom - moves story forward

Ragdoll (Like a Water Lily)

Mrs. Snider loved \[--\] to pieces when she was a child, she hugged it but doesn't hug her daughter

Symbol representing Julie, cheery relations (Like a Water Lily)

the canary

Foreshadowing (To Set Our House in Order)

Edna’s comments about Eleanor's past ordering off the catalogue

Denouement (Young Man's Folly)

Young boy receives a quilt from his mother