1. Present progressive
2. The story is centred around Mary. This approach is used too capture both sides of the story as Mary is the only person to actually talked to Mrs. Fullerton. This allows us to create our own biases based on our morals and what we deem to be the most just action.
3. The title of the story "Shining Houses" is indeed an irony because yes, the houses may be very large elegant and beautiful, but the people inside are often mean, scheming, terrible people.
4. The law, is fair enough. She had warning and built her house there anyways. however when the house was built, there wasn't really any worry about a highway being built through it. Now that shes lived there her entire life, they want to take away her property for the highway. She would be devastated and it would ruin her life if she lost her only home in the last 5 or 6 decades.
5. Mary is sympathetic, forgiving, smart, outspoken, understanding and kind.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Miss Brill
1. It is a retrospective narration.
2. Miss Brill's narration of the story is not very reliable. She is clearly old and expiriencing some side effects from her age such as perhaps alseimers. She thought of her life and the lives of those around as one big play. She, at the end of the story was upset and put her fox scarf away. As she put it in its box and under the bed, she thought she heard it crying as well. Because of this i am inclined to believe that the narrative is not completely reliable.
2. Miss Brill's narration of the story is not very reliable. She is clearly old and expiriencing some side effects from her age such as perhaps alseimers. She thought of her life and the lives of those around as one big play. She, at the end of the story was upset and put her fox scarf away. As she put it in its box and under the bed, she thought she heard it crying as well. Because of this i am inclined to believe that the narrative is not completely reliable.
The Destructors
1. The most dynamic character is probably Blackie. Trevor would probably be the most static.
2. He is driven, static and has big specific goals in mind. Making a project such as theirs run smoothly and efficiantly.
3. It seems the children simply don't care in the slightest as to either the potential punishments they would recieve, nor the future of the man who was already living there. They said they were not thieves and stole nothing. Thus in their minds the were far less immoral.
4. The kids were too calculated to call it the destroyers. They essentially deconstructed the house from the inside out.
2. He is driven, static and has big specific goals in mind. Making a project such as theirs run smoothly and efficiantly.
3. It seems the children simply don't care in the slightest as to either the potential punishments they would recieve, nor the future of the man who was already living there. They said they were not thieves and stole nothing. Thus in their minds the were far less immoral.
4. The kids were too calculated to call it the destroyers. They essentially deconstructed the house from the inside out.
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