Age of Larry when his father came back from the war.
What is five years old.
100
a literary term referring to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem.
What is irony.
100
He wrote the short story, My Oedipus Complex.
Who is Frank O'Connor
100
Invented the term "Oedipus Complex."
Who is Sigmund Freud.
200
Competed with his own father for his mother's attention.
Who is Larry.
200
War that Larry's father fought in.
What is World War I.
200
a type of figurative language in which a statement is made that says that one thing is something else but, literally, it is not.
What is a metaphor.
200
Birthplace of the author. Must say both city and country.
What is Cork City, Ireland
200
The son of Laius and Jocasta
Who is Oedipus.
300
"Mrs. Left and Mrs. Right"
hint: they are parts of all human bodies,necessary to walk.
What is Larry's left and right feet.
300
Reason Larry's mother didn't want to have a baby.
What is she couldn't afford it.
300
A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics.
What is personafication.
300
The last university the author taught at.
What is Stanford University
300
Total number of kids the author had.
What is four.
400
Larry blames him for bringing his father back from the war after Larry and his mother went to church to pray.
Who is God.
400
What Larry was tried to steal from his father.
What is time with his mother.
400
a prose narrative that is brief in nature.
What is a short story.
400
Cause of the authors death
What is a heart attack
400
Year that the author died
What is 1966.
500
The woman Larry was "competing" for.
Who is Larry's mother.
500
The solution to the story's main issue.
What is Larry's mother giving birth to a child.
500
a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist, in some way.
What is an antagonist.
500
First wife of the author.
Who is Evelyn Bowen
500
Definition of the term Oedipus Complex.
What is the emotions and ideas that the mind keeps in the unconscious, via dynamic repression, that concentrate upon a boy’s desire to sexually possess his mother, and kill his father.