Travis Simcik
A.
1) A house on a cliff located by the sea.
2) The old woman’s son named Antoine Saverini.
3) Sardinia, a place for people to take refuge.
4) Sausage.
5) 3rd person.

B.
6) The title of story is fitting because the old woman wanted to take revenge on the person who killed her son. But she was an old woman so she could not take revenge herself, because she did not have the strength. She used the dog to murder and get revenge for her. This worked effectively because she trained her dog for months.

C.
7) Maybe the police would have caught the old woman. Also the old woman could have felt bad for her doings, because revenge doesn’t bring happiness. This could have caused the old woman to become crazy. The dog could have killed the old woman because of the miss-treatment.

D.
8) I thought it was weird how the old woman went to church twice during this story and yet she murdered someone. Maybe she felt that her actions where justified. I like how the writer made the dog notice that his or her master was dead. The dog howled with the old woman’s cries. It seemed like they both had pains from this.

Story #2: The Vendetta

1) read "The Vendetta" at http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/vendetta.html

2) Answer the following questions:

a) one sentance answers
1. Where is the setting of the story?
2. Who killed who in the begining of the story?
3. Where did the killer take refuge?
4. What is "black pudding"?
5. This story was written in (look up and choose correct answer): 1st person or 3rd person narrative.

b) 1-2 paragraph answer
6. Explain the title of the story, while explaining why the widow starved the dog and did not use another method.

c) 1-2 paragraph answer
7. Summarize what might have happened next if the story was to continue.

d) 1 paragraph answer
8. Besides the story being "dumb, boring, lame, or a waste of time", what were your personal reflections of the story? (dog howling, widow going to church before, how the author used the setting to add to the tension of the story, etc)

e) Comment on at least one other student's post.

1)The Irony is that during his long heated battle with his foe, he had worked so hard to survive and kill his would be murderer. But when the final blow was struck, it was his brother’s life who he had claimed not the random sniper he had visualized…

2) Maybe they wrote this story to illustrate a moral point? Not to jump in to quickly, or not to assume the identity o those around you? Maybe it was even a biographical story put into fictional terms…

3) “He was eating a sandwich hungrily. He had eaten nothing since morning. He had been too excited to eat. He finished the sandwich, and, taking a flask of whiskey from his pocket, he took a short drought. Then he returned the flask to his pocket. He paused for a moment, considering whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. The flash might be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. He decided to take the risk.”

It was at about this point that I started to not care, so it stuck in my head the best…

4) I really thought it was a boring story, just the same moral rehash I’ve heard a thousand times since the day I was born. The only difference is that instead of a discus it’s a rifle doing the killing, so it had no significance for me….

1) This sniper was in battle and he was in a long stance with another sniper who was shoting at him. He even gets shot once. Injured and unable to use his sniper, he finds a way to get the ememy sniper to come to him. After he kills the ememy, he walks over to him to identify the body, and he relizes that he killed his brother.

2) The author shows a somewhat cruel story. The sniper was just defending himself and he had to kill his own brother. This sniper was not aware that the ememy was his brother. Maybe the point he is making, is to not go to war. The author could also be trying to encourage people not to kill.

3)The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey. Around the beleaguered Four Courts the heavy guns roared -- These lines really showed detail. This image that he creats for you really helps you visualize and get into the story.

4)Im not exactly sure what the point of this story is. I would like to know what the author was trying to get across. It seemed like he was teaching a lesson, but im not sure what that lesson was. Maybe he is saying that war is wrong and cruel.

Story #1: The Sniper

1) Read "The Sniper" http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/sniper.html

2) Write 1 paragraph for each of the following:

1. Explain the irony of the story (look up irony if you need to).
2. What is the author's point in writing this story?
3. Cut and paste 2-3 lines from the story that created a vivid (clear) visual image in your mind when you were reading. Explain why it was so vivid to you.
4. Personal Response: feelings, thoughts, questions, etc (ABOUT THE STORY).

3) Comment on at least one other student's post.