Theme
In "Everyday Use", the story's theme suggests that true heritage is something you should do this with rather than display it.
What is use as a regular item every day
Harrison Bergeron convinces people to do this as he claims to be the emperor.
What is take off their handicaps?
the definition of this word is "corrupted, depraved, or reduced in quality"
What is degraded?
The roses in "The Possibility of Evil" are an an example of this
What is a text-specific symbol?
Gregor's family begins to clear out the furniture from his bedroom, but he hastily clings to one last item in his room, preventing his family from taking it out
What is the gilt picture frame with the woman inside?
In "To Build a Fire", the author explores that this is something that must be respected or else humans will suffer the consequences
What is nature's power?
This is why the man travels alone through the woods, despite being warned by the old-timer from Sulphur Creek.
What is the man's arrogance and his extreme amount of confidence in his own abilities?
The definition of this word is "a hunch or feeling about the future, a foreboding"
What is a premonition?
The man frequently reminding himself about how cold it is outside is an example of this.
What is foreshadowing?
After Gregor's transformation, this instrument becomes a symbol of Grete's lingering humanity and her emotional connection to her brother.
In "Harrison Bergeron", forcing everyone to be equal leads to this negative outcome
What is loss of individuality and freedom
What is running?
The definition of this word is "a set of rules, beliefs, or values held by a group of people".
What is a doctrine?
The narrator of "Seventh Man" uses this to create a distance between the first and third person perspective, as well as emphasize a different narrative
What is a framing device?
What is isolation?
In "The Possibility of Evil", the author explores how judging others and believing oneself to be morally superior can lead to this.
What is hypocrisy
This is what truly haunts the narrator of "Seventh Man" through visceral nightmares
What is the sinister smile of K as he peers through the wave in front of the narrator?
The definition of this word is "a large, destructive fire".
What is conflagration?
This is something we can infer about Maggie's personality by the end of the story, "Everyday Use".
What is Maggie gaining a little more confidence?
The loss of this for Gregor is representative of the loss of his identity and connection with his family.
What is his voice?
In "Seventh Man", facing and accepting one's fear is essential for this kind of freedom.
What is emotional?
The main conflict of "The Possibility of Evil" can be described as this.
What is Man vs. Self?
The definition of this word is "confused amazement or fear"
What is consternation?
"North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken white, save for a dark hairline that curved and twisted from around the spruce-covered island..." is an example of how this creates that.
Kafka's narrative style in The Metamorphosis is often described with this term, meaning the bizarre or surreal events presented in a calm, matter-of-fact manner
What is Kafkaesque?