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Two Friends-guy de maupassant p546

Please read the question carefully.

1. Who are the main characters?

2. What do they decide to do?

3. Why 's their plan dangerous?


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4. Find examples of behavior from the two main characters that seem inappropriate under the circumstances, and that therefore create situational irony.

5. Discuss the details of this view and the mood it evokes. Then select two colors that would best express this mood.

"On the opposite bank they could see the village......but its leafless cherry trees and gray earth."



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6.What is ironic about the two men calmly fishing and discussing the nature of war while cannons fire above them?

7. What do you think will happen on the fishing trip?

8. Why is Morissot angry?

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9. A protagonist is the chief actor in a story and an antagonist frustrates or attempts to frustrate the protagonist's action. Who do you think the protagonists and antagonists are at this point in the story.

"And they began to argue......that would never be erased"

10. Who do you believe to be the protagonists and antagonists at  this point.

"ad rifles which they were pointing straight at the two friends."

11. Why does the Prussian officer want the password?

12. Predict whether the two men will trade the password for their lives and why or why not.

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13. Predict what is going to happen to the two men now.
"I'll gibe you one minute to make up your mind, .....and not two seconds more"

14. What would you do in this situation?