read and answer the question in your own words. the file will not open so I put the question in the instruction, but I am more than happy to end you the pdf/google doc. due at 9:30 pm. I have a lot going on in my life right now and this would really help. I know the price is low but I do not have a job due to the pandemic.

“A Wagner Matinee” by Willa Cather What are the two settings of the story? How do the settings differ? Contrast them. How is it that the settings are so important to the story that many scholars consider them as characters in the story? What does the reader know about Howard Carpenter by the end of the first paragraph? What information does the author supply outright (throughout the story) about Carpenter and what can the reader infer about him? Why does Georgiana elope with Howard and agree to go to the Midwest with him? What is a prairie dugout?(Google it) Why does Clark feel indebted to his aunt? How does Georgiana respond to the city? To the afternoon concert? Do you consider Georgiana’s story a tragedy? Why or why not? Explain. Define the following words: callow reproach bereft dole “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty Consider the title of this story. What is its significance? What is Welty trying to communicate to the reader? Phoenix Jackson is a very elderly woman, yet Welty manages to capture her childlike spirit. How does the author illustrate this to the reader? What are some of the obstacles that Phoenix must overcome on her journey? Why is Phoenix an appropriate name for the protagonist? Even though Phoenix is elderly, the young hunter treats her condescendingly, as if she were a child. Why does he behave so? What is your opinion of him? How would you describe his attitude toward Phoenix? In what obvious ways does he help her? How does he help her in a way that he is unaware of? How does Phoenix describe her grandson? Why does the author use these terms? Many readers think Phoenix Jackson’s grandson id dead. Do you think it matters whether or not he is alive? Those Winter Sunday’s by Robert Hayden What do you suppose the father does for a living? Cite evidence from the poem to support your response. Does the second word of the poem, too, say anything about the character of the father? What does line 9 of the poem indicate about the atmosphere of the home? What does the repetition in the next-to-the-last line indicate to the reader? Comment on the choice of words in the last line, ‘love’s austere and lonely offices.’ “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway What is the setting of the story? Is the setting at all relevant to the characters or to the reader? Who are the two main characters? What assumptions can you make about them from the information the author provided? What is the conflict driving the plot? How would you characterize the tone of their conversation? What is the gist of the conversation? Do you think the conversation would have been any different if it had taken place in a private room rather than in a public space? If yes, how so? Do you think this is an egalitarian relationship? Justify your response. Is there a clear resolution at the end of the story? What do you imagine will happen when they reach their destination? How will Jip’s decision affect her companion? How will it affect their relationship?