Academic Vocabulary
Knowing a character's physical traits and personality traits.
What is characterization
The war in which the narrator was a soldier.
What is the Vietnam War
Leon asks Father Paul to give Teofilo this.
What is holy water
Person mother expects to pick up the thistles.
Who is Annie
Author of "Ambush."
Who is Tim O'Brien
A conflict a character experiences in the character’s own mind
What is internal conflict
Structure of the story.
What is frame story
Father Paul's first reason for rejecting Teofilo's burial.
What is missing/skipping the Last Rites
A dutiful son or daughter.
What is xiaoxun
Author of "Housepainting."
Who is Lan Samantha Chang
A conflict a character experiences against another character, nature, or society
What is external conflict
Weapon used by the narrator.
What is a grenade
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Feather in the hair; white, blue, yellow, green paint on the face.
What is traditional Pueblo burial rituals
Expectation mother has of Frances.
What is to marry Wei
Author of "The Man to Send Rain Clouds."
Who is Leslie Marmon Silko
Part of being a person
What is the human condition
The feeling the narrator has as a result of killing the boy during war.
What is guilt
Literary device for "The man to send rain clouds."
What is an allusion
Frances' comment that preceded: “It’s not worth the trouble,”
What is “I told Wei that I would marry him.”
Cultural ritual in "The Man to Send Rain Clouds."
What is burial
Form of criticism examines how different religions, ethnicities, class identifications, political beliefs, and views affect the ways in which texts are created and interpreted.
What is the Cultural Lens
The boy does this at the narrator in the narrator's daydreams.
What is smile
Angelus bell in the background at lunch time.
What is Christian assimilation
"He reminded me of home."
What is the reason Frances stayed with Wei for four years
Cultural concept in "Housepainting."
What is "saving face"