Short Stories Flashcards
Initiation author
Sylvia Plath
A Kind of Murder author
Hugh Pentecost
The Waters of Babylon author
Stephen Vincent Benet
The Fan Club setting
school, new england, 40s
Initiation setting
40s school basement
Murder setting
military school
Waters of Babylon setting
future near new york
Job setting
50s/60s san fran
Getting A Job author
Maya Angelou
Fan Club characters
laura, rachel, diane
Initiation characters
Millicent, tracy, beverly, hobo
Waters characters
john, forest people, johns father
Job characters
marguerite, n mother
fanclub conflict and climax
Laura wants to belong
Joins Fanclub and pins card to shirt and starts to clap
Initiation climax and conflict
milicent wants to join fanclub
decides not to join
Murder conflict and climax
whether or not to help warren
doesnt stand up for warren
Babylon conflict n climax
wants to get to the place of the gods and discover whats there
discovers it was real people
Gettinf job conflict/climax
cants get job bc of race
gets job at street cars
Fan Club Pov
third person omniscent
Initiation Pov
3rd person omniscent
murder pov
1st
hugh
babylon pov
1st
john
job pov
1st
maya
fan club theme
the need to belong sometimes goes against nature
peer pressure affects ones descions
Initiation theme
acceptance and happiness comes from oneself not others
The Fan Club author
Rona Maynard
