Blue Suede Shoes and Literal Question
Erica Modlin
Period 2
October 12, 2011
The Interlopers
The Interlopers is a short story about two men, Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. Both men were enemies and they both wanted the land beyond the eastern spurs of the Karpathian Mountains. Soon enough Gradwitz and Znaeym caught up with each other and starting fighting over who owns the land. A tree fell on them when fighting and they called for help. Soon enough they became friends and wolfs ate them.
Literal Question: Which guy was in the forest first?
Interpretive Question: Why did the guys fight over the land?
Universal Question: Why do men fight over stupid things then become friends in the end?
The Most Dangerous Game The Most Dangerous Game is a short story about a guy named Rainsford who falls off a yacht and swims to a mysterious island. He found a house and inside lives a General and his butler. The General loves to hunt and is fascinated by Rainsford’s huntings. Then Rainsford finds out the General hunts people who get trapped on the island. Then the General hunts Rainsford for 3 days, The General loses and got fed to the hounds.
Literal Question: What made Rainsford fall off the boat?
Interpretive Question: Why was the General so interested in hunting humans?
Universal Question: Can people be both hunters and huntees?
Initiation
In Initiation, a dorky shy girl named Millicent gets an invitation to become part of a high school sorority where all there popular girls are. Millicent becomes friends with a couple of them. Soon she gets assigned a “big sister” and she has to do whatever they want for a whole week. She gets humiliated a lot. Then on a bus Millicent met an old man who believes in Myths and the way he thinks changes her perspective on the initiation and the sorority. Millicent decides after all she has gone through, she just wants to be friends with whomever she wants.
Literal Question: What was Millicent feeling for when she had to stop hanging out with her old
Period 2
October 12, 2011
The Interlopers
The Interlopers is a short story about two men, Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. Both men were enemies and they both wanted the land beyond the eastern spurs of the Karpathian Mountains. Soon enough Gradwitz and Znaeym caught up with each other and starting fighting over who owns the land. A tree fell on them when fighting and they called for help. Soon enough they became friends and wolfs ate them.
Literal Question: Which guy was in the forest first?
Interpretive Question: Why did the guys fight over the land?
Universal Question: Why do men fight over stupid things then become friends in the end?
The Most Dangerous Game The Most Dangerous Game is a short story about a guy named Rainsford who falls off a yacht and swims to a mysterious island. He found a house and inside lives a General and his butler. The General loves to hunt and is fascinated by Rainsford’s huntings. Then Rainsford finds out the General hunts people who get trapped on the island. Then the General hunts Rainsford for 3 days, The General loses and got fed to the hounds.
Literal Question: What made Rainsford fall off the boat?
Interpretive Question: Why was the General so interested in hunting humans?
Universal Question: Can people be both hunters and huntees?
Initiation
In Initiation, a dorky shy girl named Millicent gets an invitation to become part of a high school sorority where all there popular girls are. Millicent becomes friends with a couple of them. Soon she gets assigned a “big sister” and she has to do whatever they want for a whole week. She gets humiliated a lot. Then on a bus Millicent met an old man who believes in Myths and the way he thinks changes her perspective on the initiation and the sorority. Millicent decides after all she has gone through, she just wants to be friends with whomever she wants.
Literal Question: What was Millicent feeling for when she had to stop hanging out with her old