Unit 4, Part 2
Stories to Read
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“In Another Country”
“Ambush”
“A Rose for Emily” and “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech”
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”
“A Worn Path” and “The Hero’s Quest”
“The Night the Ghost Got In”
“Chicago” and “Grass”
Robert Frost poems
“Trapped in a Comic Book”
Questions to Answer
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“In Another Country”
o What is the theme (lesson about life)?
o Why does the doctor tell the narrator he will be able to play football again?
o How does the major feel about the doctor’s advice?
o Why does the narrator say he got medals?
o Why is the major angry after learning of the death of his wife?
o What type of irony is the major escaping death and his wife dying at home?
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“A Rose for Emily” and “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech”
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In “A Rose for Emily,” what is unclear to the reader when Emily buys the rat poison?
What does he avoid telling the reader?
How does Faulkner create ambiguity in “A Rose for Emily”?
How does Emily saying her father is not dead establish ambiguity?
Why do the townspeople think it is a disgrace for Emily to marry Homer Barron?
What is unclear to the reader after Homer Barron returns to town?
What does Faulkner say it the tragedy of the modern world in his acceptance speech?
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”
o What is odd about Granny wishing to spank Cornelia?
o Who comes to see Granny last?
o Why doesn’t Hapsy come to see her mother?
o How is stream of consciousness used to remind Granny of a sad event when Father
Connelly appears? Why is Father Connelly there?
o What is the message of the story?
o What sorrow is Granny’s greatest burden?
o How are Granny’s thoughts about her old age linked to her thoughts about her children?
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“A Worn Path” and “The Hero’s Quest”
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What can we say about Phoenix’s personality from her reactions to the obstacles she
encounters? What does that say about her character when responding to challenges?
What does it say about her when she asks the lady to tie her shoes?
Where does she go when she gets to town? Why doesn’t Phoenix answer the
attendant’s questions at the office?
Why does Phoenix say “five pennies is a nickel?”
Why might we think her grandson is dead?
What does the title refer to in “The Worn Path”?
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“The Night the Ghost Got In”
o What event in the story wouldn’t normally be amusing?
o What is the theme?
o What detail is a digression that merely adds comic effect?
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“Chicago” and “Grass”
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In “Grass,” what is the voice that covers all?
What does “Grass” suggest about the impact of nature on human events?
Who is the speaker and what point does the speaker make in “Grass”?
Why is “Grass” written from the point of view of the grass?
How is Chicago cunning?
Robert Frost poems
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“Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening”
1. Describe the meter.
2. What is the central idea?
In “The Gift Outright” where do the colonists’ loyalties lie?
“The Mending Wall”
1. What does the wall symbolize?
2. What does the speaker mean when he says that good fences make good
neighbors?
What does night symbolize in “Acquainted With the Night”?
Vocabulary
 Detached
 Cunning
 Poise
 Iamb
Reading Poetry
 Why is it best to read blank verse as a group of sentences?
 What is the best way to understand a poem written in blank verse?