The highly realistic nature of the story is built on mundane detail. List some that describe Connie. What sense of her do they give you? List details of her surroundings. What sense do they give you of the world she lives in? List some details about Arnold Friend. How does he fit, or not fit, into her society?
Describe the narrator. What is the voice like? Where do you detect the narrator is sympathetic to Connie? Where do you detect he judges her?
What do you think of Connie? Did you feelings about her change in any way during the course of the story?
What was your initial reaction to the ending?
Why do you think Oates ended the story where she did?
This story has been described as “an inverted fairytale.” Explain how that could be true.
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