Summaries of the stories that we read Flashcards
how do other people feel about the narrator in, in another country
he is looked down upon because he doesn’t have as many medals as them and he isn’t as outgoing as all of them
what does the major tell the narrator not to do in, in another country
get married
what happened to the majors in, in another country
she died so he became very upset (obviously)
where does the narrator go everyday in, in another country
to the hospital to do his physical therapy type thing along with the other injured soldiers
what does everyone use to try and heal themselves in, in another country
machines that are said to work
what is ironic about the signs that are put up about the machines in, in another country
the signs show the machines actually working and those soldiers are actually the first ones to be using them
so it gives everyone a false hope
what does the narrator fear in, in another country
never being able to be healed
who is the family in a corn planting
the hutchenson
who owns the farm in a corn planting
the hutchensons
what ended up happening to will in the corn planting
he ended up dying
who has to tell the family the death of will in a corn planting
hal, his best friend that he met in college
how does the family react to hal’s news in a corn planting
they don’t seem to care but everyone has their own way of grieving
what does the family do after they hear about the death of their son in a corn planting? what did this mean
they go and plant corn.
new life arises from death
life goes on
what is ironic in the story a corn planting
wills father was the one that couldn’t work on the farm anymore so will had to do it all and he was the one that ended up dying first, meaning that he couldn’t help his dad anymore
how did will end up dying in a corn planting
in a car accident; alcohol was involved
what is going on in a worn path
the narrator, an old lady is walking to get medicine for her grandson
who does the old lady encounter on her walk in a worn path
a hunter
how does the hunter react to seeing the old lady in a worn path
at first he is nice to her and says that she should just turn around and get some rest but then he starts acting like a jerk and threatens her
what happens when the old lady finally gets to where she needs to go in a worn path
she talks to the nurse and then completely forget everything
what is the old lady’s name in a worn path
phoenix jackson
what is the sickness that the boy apparently has in a worn path
something is wrong with his throat
is the boy really alive in a worn path
we don’t know. at first it seems like he is but then as the story goes on it seems more and more that he isn’t and that the old lady is just getting the medicine because she i so used to it
what does the old lady get as a gift at the very end of a worn path
a windmill for her grandson
why does the old lady yell at the father in anxiety
for the way that he was treating his daughter because she never really did anything and he was getting mad
why does the old lady get mad at the father for he did in anxiety
because she thinks that you have to protect the future generations
where does the old lady live and who else lives with her in anxiety
most likely in a nursing home and no one else because they have all already died
what did the girl say that made her father so mad in anxiety
oink oink
what is happening in the jilting of granny witherall
the old lady is dying and she is sitting there thinking about everything in the past
who is the old lady usually thinking about in the jilting
her ex husband. she wants to tell him that he didn’t “win” and that she is over what he did
how do the people feel that are taking care of the old lady in the jilting
they are getting annoyed with her and don’t want to have to deal with her
what happened in april showers
a lady wanted to get a book published and when she saw the magazine with the books in she thought one of them was hers but iwas really one with the same title so she went to the people that did it
where did the girl have to go about the book in april showers
boston
what was the name of the book that the narrator was trying to get published
april showers
who was there for the narrator when most of the time the person is not
her father; he said that the same thing happened to him
what weren’t the kids able to do in rock pile and why
go onto the rock pile because their mother felt that it was to dangerous
who are the two boys in the rock pile
roy and john
what did the two boys do everyday
watch the kid fight and play ion the rock pile and want to go out there and play
who is the one that ends up going down to play
roy
what happens to roy in the rock pile when he goes down there
he gets hit in the face with a can and gets a cut
could roy getting hurt have been stopped
yes his brother john knew that he was going down there when he knew that he wasn’t supposed to and he never told his mother
who’s fault does the mom think the whole rock pile things is
no ones, she just doesn’t want to get into a fight or argue with anyone
who’s fault did the father think it was in rockpile
he thought it was roy’s because he was the one that did it
what happened in the landlady
a guy was trying to find a place to stay, he found a bed and breakfast, stayed there, there was no one else there, the lady was creepy but he couldn’t realize that, she tried to poison him, once he died he was going to stuff him like the other two guests that she had before. see, she is really creepy
who were the other two guests in the landlady
Christopher mulholland and Gregory W. Temple
how the did the landlady try poisoning him
with tea that she made him
where were the other two guests in the landlady
they were on the very top floor
they were dead and stuffed as we find out in the story
how old is the boy in beelzy
6 years old
what does the father think the boy has in beelzy
just an imaginary friend
who really is beelzy’s “imaginary friend”
the devil
what does the boy do that makes us think that it is the devil in beelzy
the games that he plays are things that symbolize the devil
what happens to the father
he is eaten by the devil for not understanding that it really wasn’t just an imaginary friend
who died in the writer in the family
jack
does the family tell the mother of jack’s death? why or why not
no they do not. they don’t tell her because she is sick herself so they don’t want the news to be to much for her
what does the family say happened to jack in writer in the family
he moved to Arizona for his bronchitis
what does the old lady get upset about in the writer in the family
that jack hadn’t written to her while he was away
what does the family do about the writing thing in the writer in the family
they have Johnathan, another family member write the letters acting as jack. she believes that it is really him
does the old lady find out about the whole letter thing in the writer in the family
yes she does
