Discussion board + quiz

I don’t know how to handle this English question and need guidance.

Initial post of 250 words or more to one of the questions is due by Thursday. You must make a substantive and thoughtful reply post to a classmate who answers the other question, the one you do not answer, by Sunday.

Discussion Question 1

How do you interpret the final line of “The Flowers” by Alice Walker? what is the effect of the brevity of that sentence?”

Discussion Question 2

How are characters developed and put into different roles in O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”? How and why do those roles change throughout the story?

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Question 1

The last line in the “Flowers” by Alice walker reads “And the summer was over.” The line represents the end of some activity for Myop. In literature, summer may refer to a period when most of the people within the U.S. and other countries take holidays and rest from their work. Alice Walker may have used the same meaning to imply a vacation or exploration. At the same time, summer may refer to freedom and growth as Myop searches for love, self-acceptance and identity. However, because the story revolves around a young girl Myop, the author may have implied young age and all the traits that come with it, such as innocence and simplicity. Therefore, the end of summer refers to Myop stopping being innocent. She realizes that men are capable of doing all sorts of evil, and consequently, she cannot trust them anymore.

Myop is no longer at ease with going out to the fields to gather flowers as she did before. Initially, she would go to the fields without being worried about any imminent danger. However, today, that freedom and carefree trait come to an end. To make matters worse for her, she has not found flowers to bring home on this day. The brevity of the sentence is significant in building the theme of loss of innocence. It is as short as possible to present the idea that the loss of innocence did not come gradually; instead, it came abruptly from the realization that men are evil. Summer, a period of carefree exploration ends abruptly that even Myop never expected.

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