How did you think the story would end compared to how it actually ended? How does the ending lend itself to the idea of the modern tragic story or the concept of “tragedy and the common person”?

Who was James Baldwin? Why is the Pin Drop Speech considered such an important piece of rhetoric? Answer in about 5-6 sentences.

After conducting some research on Tennessee Williams, draw some parallels to he and Tom. How might Tom be a representation of Tennessee Williams in the play?

Please feel free to post any videos that feature rhetoric you might want to analyze here. I will do my best to get to them in class.

What is your first impression of each of the three main characters? What about their rhetoric gives you this impression of them?

What was your first impression of me, your teacher, on the first day of class semester? How did my rhetoric influence your impression of me? What aside from my rhetoric helped you to form your initial opinion of me?

Please respond to the following two questions:

1. What does the child in the little room represent symbolically?
2. What moral or lesson does the story teach?

Please respond to the following two questions:

1. How does the narrator of the story reveal his personality?
2. What does this story suggest about middle class life in he United States? Is there a serious point as well as a humorous point?

Do some research on a James Joyce and explain why you think he created a character like Eveline in this story. Give some examples of things that Eveline does in the story and discuss what might have motivated Joyce to have Eveline do these things.

Did you feel that “An Episode of War” (Crane) had momentum or lacked momentum? What are some examples of the language that Crane used that either gave the work its momentum or detracted from it?