Characters
Who are the two main characters in "House Taken Over"?
Who are Irene and the narrator?
What type of house do the siblings live in?
What is a large, old family estate?
What does the "house" symbolize in the story?
What is tradition, family, or the mind?
What causes the siblings to abandon the house entirely?
What is the presence of "unknown entities" taking over the last part of the house?
Who wrote "House Taken Over"?
Who is Julio Cortázar?
What is Irene’s favorite pastime?
What is knitting?
Which part of the house is first "taken over"?
What is the back section?
What theme is explored through the siblings' lack of action?
What is passivity or complacency?
How do the siblings secure their safety from the unknown forces?
What is by locking doors to isolate themselves from the taken-over areas?
In what year was "House Taken Over" first published?
What is 1946?
How does the narrator spend most of his time?
What is reading?
How do the siblings react when a part of the house is "taken over"?
What is calmly moving to the other part of the house?
The unseen forces in the house can be interpreted as representing what societal concept?
What is fear of change or external threats?
What detail suggests that the siblings might be imagining the intruders?
What is the lack of any direct description or evidence of the intruders?
What literary movement does "House Taken Over" belong to?
What is Magical Realism?
What do the siblings depend on financially?
What is their family inheritance?
What do the locked doors in the house symbolize?
What is fear and denial of the unknown?
What does Irene’s knitting symbolize?
What is a means of control or distraction from reality?
What activity do the siblings abandon after the back section is taken over?
What is cleaning the house?
Which historical event influenced the themes of "House Taken Over"?
What is World War II?
Why do the siblings never consider moving out of the house?
What is their attachment to family tradition and their passive personalities?
What ultimately happens to the house?
What is it being abandoned by the siblings?
How does the story reflect post-war existentialism?
What is by portraying a sense of isolation, uncertainty, and inevitable loss?
How does the story end?
What is the siblings throwing away the house keys and leaving forever?
How does the story reflect elements of Gothic literature?
What is through its eerie setting, sense of isolation, and fear of the unknown?