The plot needs a tune up
Southern farm in Alabama
What is the setting?
Mrs. Crater “was ravenous for a son in law” and wanted help around the farm
What is Mrs. Crater pushing Lucynell onto Mr. Shiftlet?
The car representing freedom and the heart being cut out representing never understanding the true desires of someone.
What are the main symbols in the story?
After hearing our presentation, what can you take away as the main theme of the story?
Selfishness, moral corruption
Mr. Shiftlet wanted the Crater’s car, money and to marry Lucynell
What are Mr. Shiftlets motives?
Lucynell is unable to hear and express herself verbally and cannot clearly communicate consent.
What are the disadvantages of being disabled in this time period?
Mr. Shitflet praising himself for being the ideal man while being the exact opposite by abandoning Lucynell.
What is situational irony?
When Mr. Shiftlet abandons Lucynell 100 miles in a diner claiming she’s a hitchhiker directly after their wedding
What is Mr. Shiftlets actions matching his true motives?
Some examples include fixing the roof of the girls garage, the car and teaching Lucynell how to say bird which is her first word.
What is Mr. Shiftlet building trust with Mrs. Crater?
Mr. Shiftlet’s and Mrs. Craters’s conversation in the beginning where Shiftlet tells her he might be a liar and in the end he was lying the whole time.
What is an example of foreshadowing?