Characters
setting
100

Who is the main character?

The old man

100

When was the man last in the house?

January 1949

200

Who is the antagonist?

The father

200

What was the weather?

Chill and damp

300

How many kids were there?

2

300

Where was the house?

they had lived without incident in their house in a quiet residential neighborhood

400

Who hated the old man?

The mother

400

What month was it?

november

500

How was the old man dressed?

“He was in his late 40s, the father`s approximate age. He wore a dark suit, conservatively cut; he was hatless, with thin silver-tipped neatly combed hair; a plain, sober, intelligent face and frowning eyes”(Oates 1

500

What did the man say about the kitchen?

It was so modernized