If you look below, you can see all of the stories that you need to know, the authors, and some sample questions. Review the stories you don’t remember as well and the notes. Your Grapes of Wrath final draft must be delivered to me by 3:20 on Monday, with no exceptions.
Authors
These notes are all online in this folder.
- William Faulkner
- Flannery O’Connor
- Eudora Welty
- Ernest Hemingway
- Raymond Carver
- James Thurber
Stories
- Faulkner-“A Rose for Emily”
- O’Connor-“The Life You Save May Be Your Own”
- Welty- “A Worn Path”
- Hemingway-“Soldier’s Home” “Hills Like White Elephants” “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place“
- Carver- “Everything Sticks to Him”
- Thurber-“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
Sample Questions
- Compare and Contrast the fantasy worlds of the protagonists from “A Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “A Worn Path.” How does each author feel about the illusions created by his/her protagonist, and what theme can a reader discern from each?
- How does William Faulkner’s complex use of point of view enhance both the thematic depth and mystery of “A Rose for Emily”?
