Short Story Test Part 2

Front 1

Rules of the game author

Back 1

Amy Tan

Front 2

Rules of the game conflicts also the type

Back 2

person vs. person
~mother showed off
~misused her daughter for her own good
~not being supportive

Front 3

rules of the game
climax

Back 3

~mimi runs off
~mimi tells her mom how she feels

Front 4

rules of the game
symbols

Back 4

chess controverts the idea that it's not the end result but how you get there
chess sometimes you have to sacrifice things to get what you want in the end

Front 5

rules of the game
irony

Back 5

you think her mom would be proud but she keeps finding things to critic

Front 6

the humming that lived through the winter
author

Back 6

william saroyan

Front 7

humming bird
conflict

Back 7

the bird vs. the the forces that want to destroy it, the winter

Front 8

humming bird
climax

Back 8

when they heal the bird and when they know it's going to be okay

Front 9

hummingbird
symbolism

Back 9

~people caring for each other and looking out for each other
~if the humming bird lives then new life and energy
~doing good deeds can brin good things
~if the humming bird dies then persevering in the face of difficulty

Front 10

humming bird
irony

Back 10

maybe the result of the bird

Front 11

anteaus
author

Back 11

borden deal

Front 12

Antaeus
conflict

Back 12

person vs. society
t.j. thinks that it's okay to plant the garden on the roof and wants to keep it while the business owner does not. The business owner represents the adults and ideas of city folk

Front 13

Antaeus
climax

Back 13

t.j. and the boys throw the garden off the roof

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Antaeus
symbolism

Back 14

throwing the garden off the roof symbolizes how all good things come to an end
the business owner represents adult ideas and t.j. represent childlike ideas. You never let me have any fun, you ruin all the fun, you ruin everything

Front 15

Antaeus
irony

Back 15

you might think that since the garden looked good the building owner would want to keep it

Front 16

Monkey's paw
author

Back 16

w. w. Jacobs

Front 17

Monkey's paw
conflict

Back 17

~The uses of the monkey's paw-Mr. and Mrs. White
~Mr. White wondering weather to use the monkey's paw but wanting to-apprehensive, curious

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monkey's paw
climax

Back 18

knock @ the door
Mrs. White goes downstairs
Mr. White makes his 3rd which-for his son to go away

Front 19

irony in monkey's paw

Back 19

~a magical item which normally would be good-turns out to be bad
~in wishing for something trivial, 200lbs., the family loses their son
~they wish for their son back but when he comes back in a different form it causes them to wish him away again
~Mr. White, who has everything, still is curious about what the monkey's paw can give him

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symbolism in monkey's paw

Back 20

when he throws the thing in the fire
the monkey's paw represents something bad
the whites the innocent person