a protagonist‚ Edie‚ who is also naïve and innocent as well as humble and simple. These traits convince me to believe her to be a sympathetic character in the story. As a young‚ naïve‚ gullible girl‚ I feel nothing short of pity for Edie. Her status as “the hired girl” influences the way I react to her as a reader also. When Edie meets Chris Watters‚ she becomes embarrassed and bashful once she reveals her true status‚ and all she wishes is for him to leave her alone. Since Edie is inexperienced
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their crops. He dropped out of school when he was 16 because his dad died and he had to help out his mother. One summer his mom decides that they need a housekeeper that can help them out a bit so she can get some free time to herself. Her name is Edie‚ at first Wil is not really fond of her but he have a change of heart. Several themes is touched in this short story‚ for instance the relation ship between a singlemother and her son. And the transition from boy to man. Furthermore the relationship
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work in unity to reach the conclusion. This story has a sympathetic protagonist dealing with a relatable conflict‚ suspense‚ and a twist ending that may keep the reader thinking after the last lines have been read. The protagonist in this story‚ Edie‚ is a timid person who is always doing whatever makes other people happy and never says what she wants. She describes herself as “shy” (Munro 127). The Peebles’ family employs her‚ so she wants to do her job and not get fired. That adds to her desire
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last page‚ who unknowingly assumes the role of the man being chased‚ though the narrator was not paying attention. And then we have the narrator herself‚ fifteen-year-old Edie‚ who does similar things throughout the story: most obviously‚ she tries on one of Mrs. Peebles’
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ment to happen for a reason. Most people live their lives waiting for that special someone to come and sweep them off their feet‚ but in reality you can not look for love it will simply find you. Throughout the story I can relate to the way that Edie felt in certain situations. When she was first walking up to Chris’ tent she says‚ "My heart was knocking away‚ my tounge was dried up." (206) I’ve had the same feeling‚ when I first met my now ex boyfriend I wanted to start a conversation‚ but I
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8.2‚ para. 203) The second question would be; “Edie makes this statement in the opening of the last section of the story‚ “I didn’t figure out till years later the extent of what I had been saved from.” What does this statement reveal about the reliability of views she presented in the story‚ especially about Chris?” I think the fact that this story is told from the point of view of a naïve teenage girl is both a strength and a weakness. If Edie were to tell the story as an adult looking back
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Charley’s murder 1)Explain‚ in your own words‚ why Edie and Terry may have changed their opinions regarding what must be done about the corruption on the waterfront. Use quotes to support your ideas. Both Edie and Terrys opinions have changed throughout this scene‚ in different ways to one another. Terry was never happy with the corruption on the waterfront but he was not one who would speak out and confront Johnny and his mob. After Terry sees that his brother Charlie is murdered by the mob‚
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find a safe haven away from anti-Semitism. “I’m running. I’m flying but I’m also running. From whom? Asked Edie with interest. Anti-Semeets. Anti-Semites? They all said. That’s from who” (321). The old ways the bird symbolizes are quickly demonstrated to the Cohen family when the bird begins dovening‚ or praying intensely‚ “He prayed without Book or tallith‚ but with passion. Edie bowed her head though not Cohen. And Maurie rocked back and forth with the prayer‚ looking up with one wide-open
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(the drunk) asks Edie and Terry for change‚ and to keep Rummy from opening his mouth about Terry’s role in Joey’s death‚ Terry throws change at him. This is when Rummy says‚ ‘You don’t have to buy me. You’re still a bum.’ From this quote‚ we see that Terry is called a bum because of what he has done to Joey and his position in Friendly’s gang. This shows the viewer that everyone thinks of Terry as a bum‚ even the ‘bums’ themselves. Chapter 13 gives us another meaning of bum‚ when Edie says ‘Pop says
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works on a farm and is still living with his mom. We get introduced to a woman called Edie‚ who is hired by Wil’s mother to assist her duties‚ so Wil’s mother can get more spare time. Wil has dreams about exploring the world and experience what it has to offer‚ but numerous things has held him back and tangled him to his childhood‚ working on the farm which his family owns‚ doing his daily chores. When Edie tells Wil about how she broke her daily routine and travelled away. Will starts to admire
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