'The Flowers'

Question 1

What are the quotes for KP1?

Answer 1

“corn and cotton”
“dark brown hand”

Question 2

What are the quotes for KP2?

Answer 2

“keeping an eye out for snakes”
“strangeness”
“gloomy”

Question 3

What are the quotes for KP3?

Answer 3

“stepped smack”
“cracked or broken”

Question 4

What are the quotes for KP4?

Answer 4

“rotted remains”
“blending benighly”

Question 5

What are the quotes for KP5?

Answer 5

“laid down her flowers”
“and the summer was over”

Question 6

Analyse “corn and cotton”

Answer 6

Has connotations of slaves working on plantations, links Myop to the trade.

Question 7

Analyse “dark brown hand”

Answer 7

Tells us that Myop is of African American descent, again, linking her to the trade as it is more than likely that some of her ancestors were victims of the trade.

Question 8

Analyse “keeping an eye out for snakes”

Answer 8

As Myop descends further into the woods, she begins to feel uneasy and stays alert in case of danger .

Question 9

Analyse “gloomy”

Answer 9

The atmosphere begins to change as Myop wanders deeper into the woods, signifying something bad is going to happen later in the story.

Question 10

Analyse “strangeness”

Answer 10

Foreshadowing continues as the woods are continued to be described as dark and unknowing.

Question 11

Analyse “stepped smack”

Answer 11

Myop is shocked as she discovers the body - she was not expecting anything like this to occur and in this moment, her innocence begins to deteriorate.

Question 12

Analyse “cracked or broken”

Answer 12

The teeth of the body are in such bad condition that it is evident that the man died a violent and painful death.

Question 13

Analyse “rotted remains”

Answer 13

This makes it clear that the noose and body have been decomposing for a long time, uncared for.

Question 14

Analyse “blending benighly”

Answer 14

The noose has almost begun to become a part of the environment as nature begins to grow around this act of violence, suggesting the horrors of the past are being buried and potentially forgotten.

Question 15

Analyse “laid down her flowers”

Answer 15

In this moment, Myop loses her innocence as she is exposed to the adult world of racial injustice, which she will have to face for the rest of her life, the laying of the flowers is an act of respect as she understands the horrificness of the past that her ancestors most likely endured.

Question 16

Analyse “and the summer was over”

Answer 16

As Myop instantly loses her innocence, she is no longer a child, instead she is grown and has an understanding of the racial injustice of America in this time. “Summer” has connotations of a happy and carefree childhood, which is no longer a reality for Myop as her loss of innocence strongly contrasts with her freedom at the beginning of the story.

Question 17

What is the topic sentence of KP1?

Answer 17

The start of the story shows Myop as being an innocent and carefree young girl, while hinting at the theme of racial injustice which is portrayed later in the story.

Question 18

What is the topic sentence of KP2?

Answer 18

The next part of the story foreshadows the later events even more through continuous symbolism.

Question 19

What is the topic sentence of KP3?

Answer 19

The next section of the story is the turning point as Myop makes the terrible discovery of a dead body.

Question 20

What is the topic sentence of KP4?

Answer 20

The next area deals with the use of symbolism of the noose which Myop discovers.

Question 21

What is the topic sentence of KP5?

Answer 21

The end of the story details Myop finally losing her innocence and view on the world as she grows up in an instant.