GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. What are the significant conflicts in the story and how do they contribute to the end of the story?
2. Who is/are the protagonist(s) in the story and how do you suppose we are to feel about them? List major characteristics that support your answers.
3. Who are the antagonists in the story and how do you suppose we are to feel about them? List major characteristics that support your answers.
4. What is the significance of the ending, and how is it a logical outcome of what precedes it?
5. What is the significance of the title of the story?
6. Who is the speaker in the story and what does the author gain by using that particular speaker in this story?