Readings:
Character/Point of View (textbook)
OConnor, Good Country People
Russo, The Whores Child
King, chapter 1 of A Good Marriage
You may use any of the following prompts as “jumping-off points” but you do not HAVE to answer them. You may address your own observations and ideas as well or instead. It is okay to focus primarily on just one story, but please be sure to also touch on each of the stories at least briefly.
Possible Prompts:
In “The Whore’s Child,” why do you think Russo uses the “frame story” of having Ursula write her story in a class? This choice gives us the writing teacher as the narrator rather than Ursula herself. What did you find to be the effect of this?
Look back to the “Plot” chapter from Week 2. What kind of ending does “The Whore’s Child” have?
What does Hulga’s prosthetic leg in “Good Country People” mean to you?
In what ways do Hulga and Mrs. Hopewell both fail to understand the Bible salesman?
What do we learn about Darcy and Bob Anderson in King’s opening chapter? What impressions do you get of these characters not just through King TELLING us what they’re like, but showing us through specific behaviors, habits, etc.?
This chapter of King’s story has almost no plot; it seems to be entirely devoted to introducing the main characters. Yet, King hints several times that the story is going to get dark and sinister. How does he do this? How does it contrast with what is set up for us in Chapter 1?
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