Chapter 1 Questions

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1. There are a few differences between the North Wind and the Sun. The North Wind is impatient and forceful, while the Sun is patient and persuasive.
2. The North Wind's force backfired on itself and made the man wrap the blanket around himself tighter.
3. The Sun is patient and gently coerced the man to take the wrap off by slowing shining more light on him.
4. The human in the story serves as the lesson.
5. The story is an example of the old saying "patience is a virtue." If something is forced, things are less likely to go your way.

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1.The end of the story is the exposition. Only four sentences are used to tell the story.
2. Tzu changes the subject to the tortoise in order to give a metaphor of his answer. He makes a point that what happened to the tortoise will happen to him as well. He makes the point more apparent when he makes the servants answer the question he already knows.
3. The story shows how wise the fisherman is. Despite the honor of working for the prince, he realizes that it will do him no good.

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1.Updike makes the supermarket seem ordinary by the character's tone of voice and describing things in the store such as the items mixed together in isles. The detail helps to show the boredom of his character and how this is a story that could happen in real life at anytime.
2. Updike shows the character's attitude toward his job. He shows he is a typical teenager- bored, waiting to get out of work. Sammy wanting the girls to know how he stood up for him does make him less of a hero. If he truly ment it he wouldn't have cared if they heard or not. Sammy's thoughts are fully displayed versus Death's in the other story.
3. The exposition of the story is when the three girls walk in and Sammy describes what they are wearing.
4. He slowly goes from criticizing the girls to merely observing them.
5.The conflict becomes apparent when Sammy's boss comes into the story. His boss looks at the girls and tells them off for wearing their bathing suits inside the store. The climax of the story is when Sammy quits his job in their defense.
6. Sammy quits his job to impress the girls.
7. Sammy began to like the girls. He admired them when his boss walked into the room.
8. He means he's going to have to find a job and tell his parents why he quit working at the store.
9. He states that the supermarket society is lame. It's always the same with hardly any excitement. One grocery store is the same as the next.