To Build a Fire
The man's companion
A husky
Where is Krebs returning home from?
WWI
What is His mother's name?
Mrs. Whipple
Author?
William Faulkner
Main characters?
Jim & Irene Wescott
A main fault of the man is?
His arrogance
Krebs says he doesn't love ... ?
-His mother / anyone
Who visits the family that Mrs. Whipple wants to impress?
Who was Homer Baron?
A man that Emily dated
The Wescotts are described as?
Average
The old-timer at Sulphur creek likely represents. . .
Wisdom
Aloof and indifferent - he is largely absent from the story
What are He's siblings' names?
What suspicious item does Emily buy from the druggist?
Arsenic
At the end of the story, what truths are revealed about the Wescotts?
-They have money issues
-Irene got an abortion that Jim did not approve of
-Irene stole her mother's jewelry after she died
-She made Grace Howland's life miserable
What perspective is the story told from?
Third person omniscient
What does Krebs have in common with Billy Pilgrim?
-They are both suffering from PTSD and struggle to return to "normal life" after a war
How is alienation best shown in the story? - 2 key things
Through "He" not having a name & his different treatment
Through the non-linear plot / sections as the narrator jumps around through their memory of Emily & her life
What does the Radio symbolize?
The cause of the characters beginning to question their own happiness
Why does the man's fire go out?
He built it under a spruce tree, and in pulling branches down, he knocks snow loose that collapses down onto the fire
Describe Hemingway's writing style
-Minimalist with short, direct sentences
Why is the mom shocked to see Him crying at the end?
She realizes he is more aware than she thought, which makes her feel guilty
Why did 4 men sprinkle lime around Emily's home?
Because of the bad smell from a rotting corpse
What literary devices does Cheever use to describe the radio? "...her new radio stood among her intimate possessions like an aggressive intruder..the dials flooded with malevolent green light"
-Personification "intruder" "stood" "malevolent"
-Imagery "flooded with malevolent green light"