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There was no hurry, except for the thirst, like clotted salt, in the back of his throat, and Durante rode on slowly, rather enjoying the last moments of dryness before he reached the cold water in Tony's house. There was really no hurry at all. He had almost twenty-four hours' head start, for they would not find his dead man until this morning. After that, there would be perhaps several hours of delay before the sheriff gathered a sufficient posse and started on his trail. Or perhaps the sheriff would be fool enough to come alone.
Durante had been able to see the wheel and fan of Tony's windmill for more than an hour, but he could not make out the ten acres of the vineyard until he had topped the last rise, for the vines had been planted in a hollow. The lowness of the ground, Tony used to say, accounted for the water that gathered in the well during the wet season. The rains sank through the desert sand, through the gravels beneath, and gathered in a bowl of clay hardpan far below. In the middle of the rainless season the well ran dry, but long before that, Tony had every drop of the water pumped up into a score of tanks made of cheap corrugated iron. Slender pipe lines carried the water from the tanks to the vines and from time to time let them sip enough life to keep them until the winter darkened overhead suddenly, one November day, and the rain came down, and all the earth made a great hushing sound as it drank. Durante had heard the whisper of drinking when he was here before, but he never had seen the place in the middle of the long drought.
look at, for the grapes had been gathered, the new wine had been made, and now the leaves hung in ragged tatters.
Durante rode up to the squat adobe house and right through the entrance into the patio. A flowering vine clothed three sides of the little court. Durante did not know the name of the plant, but it had large white blossoms with golden hearts that poured sweetness on the air. Durante hated the sweetness. It made him more thirsty.
He threw the reins of his mule and strode into the house. The water coolerhjki
er stood in
"Hey, Tony," he called. Out of his dusty throat the cry was a mere groaning. He drank and called again, clearly, "Tony!"
A voice pealed from the darkness.

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Setting: (Annie, Sarah, Natalie)Place:1. Where generally is the story set? (If the story is science fiction, you may need to begin with the planet. Ordinarily the country or city is a good starting point.) doesn't specify: im guessing on the earth2. What are the more specific settings? (You may find locations as specific as particular rooms.) in the old man's house, the old man is in his bed, sleeping when the narrator comes sneaks in to try to kill him3. Which is the principal setting? In the old man's bedroom, which is the main place where everything happens4. How does awareness of place affect the way you read the story?it affects the way you read the story because since it is taken place in the man's house and specifically his bedroom, it gives the feeling that the murderer was close to the old man yet still kills him: "His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness" (pg. 2)
Time:1. What is the general time period of the story? (The century might be a good starting point.) 1800s- merely a speculation2. What is the more specific time period? (You may be able to narrow to an hour.)It is in the middle of the night from before 11:00 - about 4:00am3. How does awareness of time affect the way you read the story?Yes, because the story is set in the middle of the night, which makes it a lot "creepier" to imagine as a reader. Considering the tone of the author is relatively creepy, the place and time also added to the overall strangeness of the story.

and took both her hands as she replied:
"Oh, my poor Mathilde! Mine were false. They were not worth over
five hundred francs!"francs!

Durante & Tony
There are two main characters in the short story "Wine on the Desert" by Max Brand. One of the main characters, Durante, is a murderer on the run from the sheriff. In his desperate struggle to get away, Durante wanders into the desert in the direction of his friend Tony's house. Tony lives in an adobe house in the desert and is surrounded by a ten-acre vineyard. He has a wooden leg and is very hospitable to Durante. When Durante asks Tony if he can give his mule water, Tony willingly agrees and even asks Durante what he would prefer for dinner. While Tony is tending to his every need, Durante is both rude and lazy, two qualities that have a large impact on his death.Before Tony and Durante eat dinner, Tony had already taken the time to scrub his face and sleek his hair back. Tony can also be described as clever and attentive to detail. Living in the desert is difficult because of both the heat and it's very easy it is to get dehydrated. Tony's alternative is to store water in tanks and use it to nourish his vineyard and for survival. Durante eventually turns on Tony, and ruins his vineyard paradise. He then forces Tony to fill his canteen with water, and to get Durante back, Tony fills it with wine instead, because wine cannot satisfy a person's thirst for water. Durante killed a person and is running away from the crime scene to the desert. When he arrives at Tony’s house, Durante is selfish and takes advantage of Tony’s hospitality. Durante asks Tony to give his mule water and does not even offer to help Tony cook the food or set the table.Durante is just a rude and obnoxious outlaw who takes advantage of good hearted people like Tony.
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Conflict: (Arsema, Madeleine)Max Brand's "Wine in the Desert" has three main conflicts: man vs. man, man vs. himself, and man vs. wild. The conflict man versus man is shown when Durante has to go against his supposed friend, Tony, and destroy everything his friend has worked for, demolish Tony's whole world and life. Durante shoots Tony's years worth of water, which had taken Tony the whole previous year to collect. This is not only Tony's only way of survival, but also Tony's only way to make wine, which means everything to him. The fact that Durante, who Tony just welcomed into his home and treated like family, could just crush his friend's lifetime of work in one instant says a lot about his character (I know this is a run-on and poorly constructed sentence but I was trying to think of better ways to say this and I couldn't really think of anything). It is shown again when Tony gets Durante back by filling his water canteen with wine.The conflict of man vs. himself is shown three times: once when Durante is weighing his options: going back to Tony and possibly getting shot or caught by the sheriff, or continue on towards the mountains and possibly die of thirst and when Tony is deciding if he should stand up for himself while Durante is making him a fool and risk his life, or if he should just sit there and take it and have everything that he has worked for in his life strewn from him and killed (also probably a runon I apoplogize).This conflict is also portrayed when Tony decided to fill Dante's canteen with wine instead of water. Even though we don't find this out until Dante decides to take a sip of the "water", there must have been a lot of thought, especially since this decision was life or death. Even though Dante ended up taking advantage of Tony and treating him like dirt, Tony is not portrayed as having a violent nature, so the fact that he made the decision that ultimately killed his so-called "friend" definitely was not an easy one.The conflict of man versus wild is demonstrated three times: once showing Tony conquering mother nature and living in a barren and abandoned desert and the second time when Mother Nature conquers Durante and ends up killing him with lack of water and carelessness to check his canteen.The third demonstration seems to happen throughout the story. The desert itself is personified in the short story as a cruel and oblivious being. It seems as if the desert doesn't care about what happens to the people that fall victim to it. While Dante dies in the desert from dehydration, it seems as if the desert is not aware or even cares. Dante tries to survive the harsh conditions, but in the end he knows he is powerless against it.
Theme: (Katie J., Katie C., Mary Catherine) In Max Brand's "Wine on the Desert" the view that nature is not to blame for human deaths that occur in nature is a theme that recurrs through the plot. In the story, the narrator describes nature in a very passive and inert manner such as when it is described saying, "No stars, no wind, the air as still as the water of a stale pool, and he in the dregs at the bottom". This evokes the sense that nature is innocent, and that Durante somehow provoked his own demise. This can also be show through the fact that Durante would not have died if it was not for his poor decisions in drinking the wine in stead of water. In Max Brand's " Wine on the Desert" the theme is to stand up for yourself and to never take advantage of someone. In the short story Tony is taken advantage of by Durante, which leads to Tony being stranded in the desert. Tony then goes on to stand up for himself by secretly putting wine in Durante's water bottle, which leads to the death of Durante. In the end Tony's action to stand up for himself left Durante in shock but showed him never to take advantage of someone. Durante learned the hard way that you cannot take advantage of someone without them standing up for themself. The miss conception cost him his life in the long run.

Durante & Tony
There are two main characters in the short story "Wine on the Desert" by Max Brand. One of the main characters, Durante, is a murderer on the run from the sheriff. In his desperate struggle to get away, Durante wanders into the desert in the direction of his friend Tony's house. Tony lives in an adobe house in the desert and is surrounded by a ten-acre vineyard. He has a wooden leg and is very hospitable to Durante. When Durante asks Tony if he can give his mule water, Tony willingly agrees and even asks Durante what he would prefer for dinner. While Tony is tending to his every need, Durante is both rude and lazy, two qualities that have a large impact on his death.Before Tony and Durante eat dinner, Tony had already taken the time to scrub his face and sleek his hair back. Tony can also be described as clever and attentive to detail. Living in the desert is difficult because of both the heat and it's very easy it is to get dehydrated. Tony's alternative is to store water in tanks and use it to nourish his vineyard and for survival. Durante eventually turns on Tony, and ruins his vineyard paradise. He then forces Tony to fill his canteen with water, and to get Durante back, Tony fills it with wine instead, because wine cannot satisfy a person's thirst for water. Durante killed a person and is running away from the crime scene to the desert. When he arrives at Tony’s house, Durante is selfish and takes advantage of Tony’s hospitality. Durante asks Tony to give his mule water and does not even offer to help Tony cook the food or set the table.Durante is just a rude and obnoxious outlaw who takes advantage of good hearted people like Tony.
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Conflict: (Arsema, Madeleine)Max Brand's "Wine in the Desert" has three main conflicts: man vs. man, man vs. himself, and man vs. wild. The conflict man versus man is shown when Durante has to go against his supposed friend, Tony, and destroy everything his friend has worked for, demolish Tony's whole world and life. Durante shoots Tony's years worth of water, which had taken Tony the whole previous year to collect. This is not only Tony's only way of survival, but also Tony's only way to make wine, which means everything to him. The fact that Durante, who Tony just welcomed into his home and treated like family, could just crush his friend's lifetime of work in one instant says a lot about his character (I know this is a run-on and poorly constructed sentence but I was trying to think of better ways to say this and I couldn't really think of anything). It is shown again when Tony gets Durante back by filling his water canteen with wine.The conflict of man vs. himself is shown three times: once when Durante is weighing his options: going back to Tony and possibly getting shot or caught by the sheriff, or continue on towards the mountains and possibly die of thirst and when Tony is deciding if he should stand up for himself while Durante is making him a fool and risk his life, or if he should just sit there and take it and have everything that he has worked for in his life strewn from him and killed (also probably a runon I apoplogize).This conflict is also portrayed when Tony decided to fill Dante's canteen with wine instead of water. Even though we don't find this out until Dante decides to take a sip of the "water", there must have been a lot of thought, especially since this decision was life or death. Even though Dante ended up taking advantage of Tony and treating him like dirt, Tony is not portrayed as having a violent nature, so the fact that he made the decision that ultimately killed his so-called "friend" definitely was not an easy one.The conflict of man versus wild is demonstrated three times: once showing Tony conquering mother nature and living in a barren and abandoned desert and the second time when Mother Nature conquers Durante and ends up killing him with lack of water and carelessness to check his canteen.The third demonstration seems to happen throughout the story. The desert itself is personified in the short story as a cruel and oblivious being. It seems as if the desert doesn't care about what happens to the people that fall victim to it. While Dante dies in the desert from dehydration, it seems as if the desert is not aware or even cares. Dante tries to survive the harsh conditions, but in the end he knows he is powerless against it.
Theme: (Katie J., Katie C., Mary Catherine) In Max Brand's "Wine on the Desert" the view that nature is not to blame for human deaths that occur in nature is a theme that recurrs through the plot. In the story, the narrator describes nature in a very passive and inert manner such as when it is described saying, "No stars, no wind, the air as still as the water of a stale pool, and he in the dregs at the bottom". This evokes the sense that nature is innocent, and that Durante somehow provoked his own demise. This can also be show through the fact that Durante would not have died if it was not for his poor decisions in drinking the wine in stead of water. In Max Brand's " Wine on the Desert" the theme is to stand up for yourself and to never take advantage of someone. In the short story Tony is taken advantage of by Durante, which leads to Tony being stranded in the desert. Tony then goes on to stand up for himself by secretly putting wine in Durante's water bottle, which leads to the death of Durante. In the end Tony's action to stand up for himself left Durante in shock but showed him never to take advantage of someone. Durante learned the hard way that you cannot take advantage of someone without them standing up for themself. The miss conception cost him his life in the long run.

Setting: (Sarah, Susannah, Lauren)
Characters:
& Tony & the dessert
There are two main characters in the short story "Wine on the Desert" by Max Brand. One of the main characters, Durante, is a murderer on the run from the sheriff. In his desperate struggle to get away, Durante wanders into the desert in the direction of his friend Tony's house. Tony lives in an adobe house in the desert and is surrounded by a ten-acre vineyard. He has a wooden leg and is very hospitable to Durante. When Durante asks Tony if he can give his mule water, Tony willingly agrees and even asks Durante what he would prefer for dinner. While Tony is tending to his every need, Durante is both rude and lazy, two qualities that have a large impact on his death.Before Tony and Durante eat dinner, Tony had already taken the time to scrub his face and sleek his hair back. Tony can also be described as clever and attentive to detail. Living in the desert is difficult because of both the heat and it's very easy it is to get dehydrated. Tony's alternative is to store water in tanks and use it to nourish his vineyard and for survival. Durante eventually turns on Tony, and ruins his vineyard paradise. He then forces Tony to fill his canteen with water, and to get Durante back, Tony fills it with wine instead, because wine cannot satisfy a person's thirst for water. Durante killed a person and is running away from the crime scene to the desert. When he arrives at Tony’s house, Durante is selfish and takes advantage of Tony’s hospitality. Durante asks Tony to give his mule water and does not even offer to help Tony cook the food or set the table.Durante is just a rude and obnoxious outlaw who takes advantage of good hearted people like Tony.
hey its mePlot: (Katherine, Neelie)When the, Durante has killed a man and is walking towards Tony's house in the desert, in attempt to run from the sheriff. Tony is happy to see Durante and welcomes him into his home with open arms. One of the first converstations Durante and Tony have is about Tony's rifle, and how he can shoot a rabbit through the head. Tony fixes Durante an extavagant meal and they begin their dinner conversations. During their meal they talk about the death of Tony's father in great detail. He died of thrist in the desert. The next morning when Duranante woke up, Tony was outside shooting rabbits for their breakfast. When Tony came inside to show Durants his rabbit, Durante showed a sudden interest in Tony's gun. When Tony showed it to him, Durante snatched it from Tony and held him at gunpoint. Durante marched Tony outside and started to explain to Tony his situation. Durante said that he had murdered a man and when the sherieff started looking for him he would come to the first source of water. Even after hearing all of this, Tony still offered for Durante to hids in his wine cellar. Durante shot all of Tony's water canisters and told Tony that he never stood up for himself. He then demanded Tony to go inside and fill up his canteen. Tony brought Durante back his canteen. After that, Durante took Tony's shotgun and rode off into the desert. About a half a mile away from Tony's house, Durante dropped the shotgun, not expecting Tony to retreive it due to his wooden leg. Later when he turned around for one last look at the vineyard, he saw Tony retreiving his gun. When Durante took a sip from his canteen he discovered that Tony had filled it with wine instead of water. He thought about turning back towards Tony's house but the image of the dead rabbit. After galloping onon his mule for three hours, Durante's mule died and Durante was left to slowly die of dehydration.

Setting: (Sarah, Susannah, Lauren)
Characters:
& Tony & the dessert
There are two main characters in the short story "Wine on the Desert" by Max Brand. One of the main characters, Durante, is a murderer on the run from the sheriff. In his desperate struggle to get away, Durante wanders into the desert in the direction of his friend Tony's house. Tony lives in an adobe house in the desert and is surrounded by a ten-acre vineyard. He has a wooden leg and is very hospitable to Durante. When Durante asks Tony if he can give his mule water, Tony willingly agrees and even asks Durante what he would prefer for dinner. While Tony is tending to his every need, Durante is both rude and lazy, two qualities that have a large impact on his death.Before Tony and Durante eat dinner, Tony had already taken the time to scrub his face and sleek his hair back. Tony can also be described as clever and attentive to detail. Living in the desert is difficult because of both the heat and it's very easy it is to get dehydrated. Tony's alternative is to store water in tanks and use it to nourish his vineyard and for survival. Durante eventually turns on Tony, and ruins his vineyard paradise. He then forces Tony to fill his canteen with water, and to get Durante back, Tony fills it with wine instead, because wine cannot satisfy a person's thirst for water. Durante killed a person and is running away from the crime scene to the desert. When he arrives at Tony’s house, Durante is selfish and takes advantage of Tony’s hospitality. Durante asks Tony to give his mule water and does not even offer to help Tony cook the food or set the table.Durante is just a rude and obnoxious outlaw who takes advantage of good hearted people like Tony.
hey its mePlot: (Katherine, Neelie)When the, Durante has killed a man and is walking towards Tony's house in the desert, in attempt to run from the sheriff. Tony is happy to see Durante and welcomes him into his home with open arms. One of the first converstations Durante and Tony have is about Tony's rifle, and how he can shoot a rabbit through the head. Tony fixes Durante an extavagant meal and they begin their dinner conversations. During their meal they talk about the death of Tony's father in great detail. He died of thrist in the desert. The next morning when Duranante woke up, Tony was outside shooting rabbits for their breakfast. When Tony came inside to show Durants his rabbit, Durante showed a sudden interest in Tony's gun. When Tony showed it to him, Durante snatched it from Tony and held him at gunpoint. Durante marched Tony outside and started to explain to Tony his situation. Durante said that he had murdered a man and when the sherieff started looking for him he would come to the first source of water. Even after hearing all of this, Tony still offered for Durante to hids in his wine cellar. Durante shot all of Tony's water canisters and told Tony that he never stood up for himself. He then demanded Tony to go inside and fill up his canteen. Tony brought Durante back his canteen. After that, Durante took Tony's shotgun and rode off into the desert. About a half a mile away from Tony's house, Durante dropped the shotgun, not expecting Tony to retreive it due to his wooden leg. Later when he turned around for one last look at the vineyard, he saw Tony retreiving his gun. When Durante took a sip from his canteen he discovered that Tony had filled it with wine instead of water. He thought about turning back towards Tony's house but the image of the dead rabbit. After galloping onon his mule for three hours, Durante's mule died and Durante was left to slowly die of dehydration.

{The_Necklace_Picture.jpg} "The Necklace"
by Guy de Maupassant
She was one of those pretty, charming young ladies, born, as if through an
error of destiny, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry,
a man either rich or distinguished; and she allowed herself to marry a petty
clerk in the office of the ministry of education....
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The story is published in 1884 and is set in 19th century France, a time when
wealth, class, and beauty ruled.
What is a dowry and what does it mean "she allowed herself to marry"?
Why does the narrator mention destiny? How does destiny or fate play a role in one's birth?
She was simple, not being able to adorn herself; but she was unhappy,
as one out of her class; for women belong to no caste, no race; their grace,
their only aristocracy, making some daughters of the people the equal of great
ladies.
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This is a tricky paragraph. What does it suggest about how women achieve power?
She suffered incessantly, feeling herself born for all delicacies
and luxuries. She suffered from the poverty of her apartment, the
apartments, made for five o-clock chats with most intimate friends, men known
and sought after, whom attention all women envied and desired.
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Why does the sight of the little Breton (her maid) make her regretful and desperate?
She imagines a more elaborate setting. Is this from experience?
When she seated herself for dinner, before the round table where the
tablecloth had been used for three days, opposite her husband, who uncovered the
She felt that she was made for them. She had such a desire to please, to be sought
after, to be clever, and courted.
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What is it about the frocks and jewels that make her love only those things?
Based on these first few paragraphs, what is is that the woman wants?
She had a rich friend, a former schoolmate at the convent, whom she did not like to visit,
she suffered so much when she returned. And she wept for whole days from chagrin,
from regret, from despair, and disappointment.
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Where did she and her friend meet? Why would they go to school at a convent?
One evening her husband returned elated, bearing in his hand a large envelope.
"Here," he said, "here is something for you."
the honor of Monsieur. and Madame Loisel's company Monday evening, January 18,
at the Minister's residence."
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Why are we just now learning the couple's names?
Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she threw the
invitation spitefully upon the table murmuring:
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Spitefully is a translation of "avec depit" or literally with spite, wrath, irritation. Who is she angry at?
"What do you suppose I want with that?"
"But, my dearie, I thought it would make you happy. You never go out, and this
wishes one, and it is very select, not many are given to employees. You will see
the whole official world there."
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Why does her husband finagle to get this invitation?
She looked at him with an irritated eye and declared impatiently:
"What do you suppose I have to wear to such a thing as that?"
By a violent effort, she had controlled her vexation and responded in a calm
voice, wiping her moist cheeks:
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She is irritated, impatient, violent, and vexed. At whom or what?
"Nothing. Only I have no dress and consequently I cannot go to this affair.
Give your card to some colleague whose wife is better fitted out than I."
"Very well. I will give you four hundred francs. But try to have a
pretty dress."
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What is your opinion of Monsieur Loisel?
The day of the ball approached, and Madame Loisel seemed sad, disturbed,
anxious. Nevertheless, her dress was nearly ready. Her husband said to her one
She was not convinced. "No," she replied, "there is nothing more humiliating than
to have a shabby air in the midst of rich women."
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To be humiliated is to be degraded or shamed? Who is humiliating, degrading, or shaming her?
Then her husband cried out: "How stupid we are! Go and find your friend Madame Forestier, and ask her
to lend you her jewels. You are well enough acquainted with her to do this."
"Could you lend me this? Only this?"
"Why, yes, certainly."
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Is there anything that strikes you as implausible in the exchange above?
She fell upon the neck of her friend, embraced her with passion, then went away with her treasure.
The day of the ball arrived. Madame Loisel was a great success. She was
All the members of the Cabinet wished to waltz with her. The Minister of
Education paid her some attention.
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Madame Loisel was a success. At what? What did she achieve?
She danced with enthusiasm, with passion, intoxicated by pleasure,
thinking of nothing, in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her
and all this admiration, of all these awakened desires, and this victory
so complete and sweet to the heart of woman.
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Again, the language in these last two paragraphs is unusual. Why does she refer
to a victory? What or whom did she defeat?
She went home toward four o'clock in the morning. Her husband had been
half asleep in one of the little salons since midnight, with three
of the ball costume. She felt this and wished to hurry away in order not to be
noticed by the other women who were wrapping themselves in rich furs.
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Consider how she relates to the women at the ball as distinctly from the men.
Loisel retained her: "Wait," said he. "You will catch cold out there. I am going
to call a cab."
they found on the dock one of those old, nocturnal coupes that one sees
in Paris after nightfall, as if they were ashamed of their misery by day.
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Why personify the coupe?
It took them as far as their door in Martyr Street, and they went wearily up
to their apartment. It was all over for her. And on his part, her remembered
that he would have to be at the office by ten o'clock.
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How does the declaration "It was all over for her" strike you?
Is it "all over" for her husband?
She removed the wraps from her shoulders before the glass,
for a final view of herself in her glory. Suddenly she
"I am going," said he, "over the track where we went on foot, to see if I can
find it."
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How would you describe their behavior toward one another?
And he went. She remained in her evening gown, not having the force to go
to bed, stretched upon a chair, without ambition or thoughts.
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This seems to be out of character for Madame Loisel based on the description.
What is her typical ambition or thought?
Toward seven o'clock her husband returned. He had found nothing.
He went to the police and to the cab offices, and put an advertisement in the
us time to turn around."
She wrote as he dictated.
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How would you describe the nature of their relationship right now?
At the end of a week, they had lost all hope. And Loisel, older by five years,
declared: "We must take measures to replace this jewel."
"It is not I, Madame," said he, "who sold this necklace; I only simply have
furnished the casket."
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Why would one furnish the box but not the jewels?
Then they went from jeweler to jeweler seeking a necklace like
the other one, consulting their memories, and ill, both of them, with chagrin
prospect of all physical privations and moral torture, he went to get the new
necklace, depositing on the merchant's counter thirty-six thousand francs.
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Did the Loisels choose the right course of action when they found the
necklace was missing? What other choices were open to them? Why do
you think these were not chosen?
Based on the context of the paragraph above, what do you think is the
meaning of the word usurer?
When Madame Loisel took back the jewels to Madame Forestier, the latter
said to her in a chilly tone: "You should have returned them to me
How would it have been if she had not lost that necklace? Who knows? Who knows?
How singular is life, and how full of changes! How small a thing will ruin or save one!
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Who do you think is reflecting here - Madame Loisel or the narrator?
One Sunday, as she was taking a walk in the Champs-Elysees, to
rid herself of the cares of the week, she suddenly perceived a
by this common personage. She stammered: "But, Madame!--I do not know--
You must have mistaken."
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What does Madame Forestier's initial moment of shock suggest about the interaction
between members of different social classes in this society?
"No. I am Mathilde Loisel."
Her friend uttered a cry of astonishment. "Oh! my poor Mathilde! How you are changed-"
"Yes, I have had some hard days since I saw you, and some miserable ones--
and all because of you--"
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Is Mathilde blaming Madame Forestier for her situation?
"Because of me? How is that?"
"You recall the diamond necklace that you loaned me to wear to the Commissioner's
And she smiled with a proud and simple joy. Madame Forestier was touched
and took both her hands as she replied:
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Why does Mathilde feel proud and joyous? On what other occasions has she felt these emotions?
"Oh, my poor Mathilde! Mine were false. They were not worth over
five hundred francs!"
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Do you think Madame Loisel recognized good quality jewelry?
If the story were to continue, what do you think would happen?

The short story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is set in the town of Waterbury, Connecticut, during the mid 1900s. The story unravels during Walter Mitty's day of errands, while his wife is getting her hair done. Throughout his daily activities, the main character, Walter Mitty, has a variety of strange daydreams, which all take place in different settings. His first daydream takes place upon a Navy Ship that is battling to make it through a hurricane, while he is getting yelled at by the general. In his second daydream, Mr. Mitty is a surgeon. He arrives to work in the hospital and then goes straight to the operating room. He meets four other doctors, all of whom are worse than him and ask him to do the operation. His next daydream is in a court room, Mitty imagined himself as the defendant in a murder and as hero. Mitty's fourth daydream is set in the chaos of World War I, where Mitty is featured as a pilot, who becomes the nations hero when all of the soldiers become sick or injured. At the end of the story, Mitty meets his wife at a hotel in Waterbury, after finishing all of his errands around town. Walter Mitty's life is set pretty bland, so he imagines these dreams to make it a bit worse.
these setting are very dramatic and excited. Very excited.
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The short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber has few characters. The protagonist is Walter Mitty. A forgetful and distracted old man who daydreams excessively. In his daydreams he portrays himself as a strong and brave man, usually one who is the best at what he does; the one in charge. When in reality, the people around him control his life, and his wife, Mrs. Mitty, is the one who takes charge. His imagination jump starts when he starts pondering recent happenings, or the environment around him. Another important character is Mrs. Mitty. Mrs. Mitty seems very concerned for Walter Mitty. As an over protective wife, she treats Walter Mitty more like a son than like a husband. His unhappiness about his wife's obsession with his well being causes Mr. Mitty's dreams of a better life. A life where he is in charge and thought of as an important figure like the ones in his fantasies. The pilot, the doctor, and the "greatest pistol shot" all have one thing in common: Walter Mitty is in charge of the situation. The characters in daydreams are what he desires to be, someone important with a life purpose. A very minor character that shows up in the short story is a parking-lot attendant. His rude actions towards Mitty as he parks his car represent how the world views Mr. Mitty: a weak being who has already lived his life and can no longer function without assistance. Within his dreams, the characters seem to revolve around him. Mr. Mitty relies on the characters to give him a sense of being needed. He wants to be thought of as the most reliable person to turn to when there is trouble.