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"Contents"
short story
Question | Answer |
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two examples of person vs. person | Tom vs. his wife Tom vs. his Boss |
two examples of preson vs. self | Tom vs. Tom (guilty conscience) Tom vs. Tom's ambition |
two examples of person vs. nature | Tom vs. cold weather Tom vs. wind |
two examples of person vs. machine | Tom vs. typewriter Tom vs. window |
Who is the protagonist? | Tom Benecke |
How is the progtagonists described externally? | tall, lean, dark haired man? |
This is Tom's wife. | Clare |
What is the setting for this story? | New York City, 11 stories up in a high rise apartment, in Autumn at night. |
How is the progtagonists described internally? | Ambitous, guilty and dishonest. |
Who is the author of "Contents" | Jack Finney |
These are 5 antagonists | window, job, wife, time, weather |
What was the climax in this story? | When Tom breaks the window and yells "Clare" |
Give one example of Irony? | When the yellow paper blows out the window for the second time. |
What does the yellow paper symbolize? | Tom's amibition. |