Short Story Review: With the Photographer

Vocabulary terms and definitions based on the lecture notes for the short story 'With the Photographer', focusing on character traits, specific plot details, and key terminology used in the context questions.

The Narrator

A character with forty years of self-awareness and acceptance of his own imperfections, who views his face as a gift from God.

The Photographer

A person described as a natural scientist with preconceived notions of beauty who lacks respect for his client's time.

momento mori

The specific reason the narrator visited the photographer's studio to have his photograph taken.

Delphite and Sulphite

The chemical or technical processes the photographer used to alter the narrator's face to meet beauty standards.

Facial acrobatics

Ridiculous actions the narrator was forced to perform, such as drooping his ears or opening and shutting his mouth, to rectify his features.

Withering scorn

The tone the narrator used to speak to the photographer after discovering his features were totally changed in the proof.

Preconceived notions of beauty

The photographer's artistic ideals that led him to believe the narrator's natural face was quite wrong.

Fashion magazines

Old editions of these items were kept in the waiting room, suggesting the photographer's standards of beauty.

Indignant

The emotional state of the narrator when being forced to perform ridiculous facial movements.

Forty years

The duration of time the narrator had lived with his face, leading to his total acceptance of its imperfections.