authors Flashcards
1
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the red convertible
A
louise erdich
- Henry & Lyman brothers but Henry drafted to Vietnam War
- pick up hitchhiker
- 1st person
2
Q
everyday use
A
alice walker
- mama, dee, maggie
- family suffered from house fire
- dee’s visiting and has easier life than rest of family
- 1st person
3
Q
the rich brother
A
tobias wolff
- 2 brothers: Pete & Donald
- dead parents
- Pete is older and more successful
- Webster is the guy they give a ride to and gets $100 from Donald
- 3rd person
4
Q
this is what it means to say phoenix, arizona
A
sherman alexie
- Victor suffers from death of father
- Thomas (old friend) goes with him to Phoenix to get father’s ashes
- Setting: Indian reservation
5
Q
story of an hour
A
kate chopin
- Mrs. Mallard has heart trouble and finds out husband is dead
- she feels freedom now that he is dead
- “dead” husband shows up at front door at the end and kills Mrs. Mallard
- 3rd person
6
Q
the ones who walk away from omelas
A
ursula le guin
- locked up child as living sacrifice so everyone can have a good life
- some citizens feel guilty and walk away, some stay
- utopic society
- 3rd person mostly
7
Q
the cask of amontillado
A
edgar allan poe
- Montessor uses Amontillado wine to get Fortunato drunk
- Chains Fortunato up and covers him with stones then burns him to death
- 1st person
8
Q
the yellow wallpaper
A
charlotte perkin gilman
- narrator really focuses on wallpaper pattern while suffering from nervous depression
- her husband John doesn’t care much about her problems
- keeps a secret journal to talk about wallpaper
- 1st person
9
Q
the use of force
A
william carlos williams
- 1st person - doctor
- little girl refuses to get checked out by doctor
- she had been hiding a sore throat all along
10
Q
a worn path
A
eudora welty
- 3rd person
- old half blind woman going on a walk to get “medicines” for grandson
- runs into a hunter who points gun @ her
11
Q
mars is heaven
A
ray bradbury
-see dead relatives
12
Q
soldiers home
A
hemingway
- 3rd person
- Krebs feels out of place at home
- returns from war later than others
13
Q
the lesson
A
bambara
- Miss Moore tries to teach kids a lesson by taking them to rich toy store
- 1st person - Sylvia
14
Q
harrison bergeron
A
kurt vonnegut
- everyone is made equal by laws
- harrison is taken away from parents
- harrison escapes
15
Q
what we talk about when we talk about love
A
raymond carver
- 1st person - Nick
- Nick & Laura / Mel & Teri
- drinking gin in the kitchen talking about love
