HW question

Please finish the story at home and answer the following questions. Type the questions down and answer it!

1. How would this story be different if it were told from third-person point of view?

2. Define the literary device"symbolism" and think about what the meat-packing plant represents in the story?

3. Compare and contrast the narrator's feelings about the war with the feelings of others in his hometown. Why is this a problem for him?

4. Focus on the impact of thes tory's setting on the main character. Contrast the two settings of the story: the narrator's hometown desvribed on page 631 and the area around Rainy River, on the Canadian border. What images and references paint a picture of the town and the narrator's life there?
Why is it important for readers to have a picture of this town in their minds when they think about the remote Rainy River area?

5. Discuss the impact on the story if it had been told by Elroy Berdahl. What insights would readers lose? What insights might be added?

6. What do you think this incident reveals about Elroy?  (p633)

7. Where does the narrator drive?

8. Why is he driving there?

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