Short Stories Flashcards
Red Door 1 Redness
“The Door was as red as the Winter Sun”
Red Door 2 scared to be different
“he should be like the other villagers as possible”
Red Door 3 Mary red(passion and anger) Pottering means wander
“She dressed in red clothes and was seen pottering vaguely”-red(passion and anger) Pottering means wander
Red Door 4 Wants to do what he wants
“I have never been myself”
Red Door 5 Alone
“Stay in bed all day and all night and none would notice the difference”
Telegram Thin Women Selfish
“And where will I be?”
Telegram View of fat people
“They were large, fat and lazy.”
Telegram view of Telegrams
“People began to think of Telgrams as a strange missile pointed at them from abroad”
Telegram Elder- Sleeping walking because of horror news of telegram making him feel lonely and upset
“His walk through the village was a somnambulistic wandering”- Wandering no one can control war like wandering about (not main point)
Telegram Fat Women Panic
“O God save my son, O God save my son, O God save my Son”
Mother and Son
Son by her sleeping Mother
“She was asleep… with the bitter, bitter smile upon her face. He stood there… while an equally bitter smile.”
Mother and Son
Lonely Son
“He shivered inside his loneliness”
Mother and Son
Son getting angrier
“The sticks fell out of place and he cursed vindictively and helplessly.”
Mother and Son
Sums up how hopeless Son’s life is
“The match flickered and went out with an apologetic cough”
Mother and Son
Sums up Son’s life
“Gathering the Sheaves into stacks was both monotonous and uncomfortable”.
