Summaries of the stories that we read Flashcards
how do other people feel about the narrator in, in another country
he is looked down upon because he doesn’t have as many medals as them and he isn’t as outgoing as all of them
what does the major tell the narrator not to do in, in another country
get married
what happened to the majors in, in another country
she died so he became very upset (obviously)
where does the narrator go everyday in, in another country
to the hospital to do his physical therapy type thing along with the other injured soldiers
what does everyone use to try and heal themselves in, in another country
machines that are said to work
what is ironic about the signs that are put up about the machines in, in another country
the signs show the machines actually working and those soldiers are actually the first ones to be using them
so it gives everyone a false hope
what does the narrator fear in, in another country
never being able to be healed
who is the family in a corn planting
the hutchenson
who owns the farm in a corn planting
the hutchensons
what ended up happening to will in the corn planting
he ended up dying
who has to tell the family the death of will in a corn planting
hal, his best friend that he met in college
how does the family react to hal’s news in a corn planting
they don’t seem to care but everyone has their own way of grieving
what does the family do after they hear about the death of their son in a corn planting? what did this mean
they go and plant corn.
new life arises from death
life goes on
what is ironic in the story a corn planting
wills father was the one that couldn’t work on the farm anymore so will had to do it all and he was the one that ended up dying first, meaning that he couldn’t help his dad anymore
how did will end up dying in a corn planting
in a car accident; alcohol was involved
what is going on in a worn path
the narrator, an old lady is walking to get medicine for her grandson
who does the old lady encounter on her walk in a worn path
a hunter
how does the hunter react to seeing the old lady in a worn path
at first he is nice to her and says that she should just turn around and get some rest but then he starts acting like a jerk and threatens her
what happens when the old lady finally gets to where she needs to go in a worn path
she talks to the nurse and then completely forget everything
what is the old lady’s name in a worn path
phoenix jackson
what is the sickness that the boy apparently has in a worn path
something is wrong with his throat
is the boy really alive in a worn path
we don’t know. at first it seems like he is but then as the story goes on it seems more and more that he isn’t and that the old lady is just getting the medicine because she i so used to it
what does the old lady get as a gift at the very end of a worn path
a windmill for her grandson
why does the old lady yell at the father in anxiety
for the way that he was treating his daughter because she never really did anything and he was getting mad
