Show:
The sniper
'Dragon'
Dog Star
Dog Star（2）
Dragon(2)
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Where and when did the story take place?
It happened in the 1920s Dublin.
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What time did two men encountered with the dragon?
At night.
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What's the main conflict of the story? What type of conflict is it?
It's the conflict between choosing to stay on Earth with Laika and choosing to go to Moom and abandon Laika. It's an internal conflict.
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What kind of atmosphere does the first paragraph show?(Agnes)
The atmosphere is silent,frightening,cold and mysterious.
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What kind of atmosphere does the first paragraph show?(Agnes)
The atmosphere is frightening,silent,cold and mysterious.
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What is the main conflict in this story?
The conflict between two snipers.（Richard）
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What happened to the knights at last?
They were hit and died.
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What does the sentence" It was well that I failed to do so, for at that moment sleep would have been death." actually mean?
This is a foreshadowing. There was a lunarquake, so another few seconds of sleeping would have led to death.
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Why did the main character say" I became less and less interested in human company."?
Because he felt that the stars and Laika has filled all his needs. These are the two things that bring happiness to his life.
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Where did this story take place?
In a meadow.
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How did the sniper kill his enemy?
He used his hat and performance to trick his enemy,which made the another sniper believed he's already dead.Then he use his revolver,shooting him accurately while another guy standing.
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What the 'dragon' actually was?
It was a train.
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What does the sentence "'You needn't worry aoubt burglars tonight,' I said.'We don't have any in Berkeley," they answered, rather coldly.' indicate?
The main character took Laika with him when he was staying with university acquaintances. He was trying to be friendly and humorous but the others actually didn't want Laika in the house.
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How did Laika get her name?
Dr. Anderson suggested her name. In history, "Laika" was a space dog who became the first animals to go to space,and the dog in the story often stayed in the observatory when the main character was working.
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What is the climax of Dragon?
The two knights were hitted by the running train.
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Why did the sniper start to curse the war when the another sniper fall on the ground?
It is still cruel to kill a sniper like him,he realized that if he is not calm enough,he would be the guy who fall on the ground.
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At first, two men had a conflict.What was it?
One man insisted to find the dragon while another supposed they should go back.
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What's the climax of the story" Dog Star"?
When he had a dream about Laika and woke up, there was a lunarquake.
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What is the meaning of the title？（Agnes）
Firstly,Laika and stars are the only two important items in the narrator's opinion. Secondly,since Sirius is the brightest star,it also indicates that Laika is as important as the Sirius to the narrator.
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What is the social background of the story？
The Industial revolution.
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What is the purpose of the description about the environment in the first paragraph?(Agnes)
It is the setting of the story and it is a kind of foreshadowing, which also creates an atmosphere of horror .
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What does the story want to tell us?
In general, old thing will be repalced by modern thing. etc
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What's the main character's explanation of his reaction towards the lunarquake?
Laika once saved his life in the San Francisco earthquake. This memorie has given him heightened awareness. His sleeping subconscious detected the first vibrations.
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Why does the author feel numb whey he sent the dog to others ?
Because he already had a internal conflict. Actually, he acted numbly but he was still stuggling inside.
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Generally,what's the plot diagram of the story" Dragon"?
Through a series of events, the diagram rises from the exposition to the climax. Then, there's a small drop and reaches the resolution.