Short Stories #1
What is an antagonist?
What is the name of Young Goodman Brown's wife?
Who is the protagonist of the story?
Michael Obi (new headmaster of the school)
What incident puts the protagonist in the hospital?
A motorcycle accident after a woman walks across his path.
What is a setting?
What is a flat character?
A character with only 1 or 2 characteristics.
How does Goodman Brown's personality change throughout his journey in the woods?
He regrets beginning the journey and transitions in a devil-like character.
What conflict exists in this story?
Obi has put up a fence that disturbs a spiritual path.
Describe BOTH settings:
Downtown/in the hospital of a modern city.
In the forest them temple of the Aztec Empire.
What is a theme?
Main idea or message of a story.
A change in what is expected to happen in a story. Usually towards the end.
Describe a theme for the story.
Everyone has evil in them, everyone loses innocence, fear the wilderness, etc.
How does Michael Obi change the school?
He changes the appearance of the front lawn and upgraded the teaching standard.
What is the protagonist's attitude towards the changing timelines at the beginning of the story?
He is confused about his dreams being so vivid and what is happening to him in the hospital.
What is an internal conflict?
A problem a character has within their own head or with themselves.
Describe the plot of "By Any Other Name":
2 Indian girls attend an English school, receive new names and face the hardships of racism in a new environment.
Name all the people Young Goodman Brown encounters on his path to the ritual:
The devil, Goody Cloyse, a minister and Deacon Gookin on horseback.
What internal conflict does Michael's wife face in the early parts of the story?
What character in the Aztec timeline is the equivalent to the surgeon in the modern timeline?
What is a story's point of view?
The perspective in which the story is written. (1st, 2nd, 3rd person)
How are dynamic and round characters different?
Dynamic characters change over time while round characters have multiple characteristics. Being round has nothing to do with changing.
What event triggers the townspeople to destroy the fence and the school's yard?
A young woman and her unborn child die.
What is the plot twist at the end of the story?
The protagonist realizes he cannot wake up from the Aztec dream.
List all 6 events of the plot pyramid in the correct order.
Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution