2 short story read and answer the questions

1Short story ”Eleven”

Please answer the following questions:

1. On the day this story takes place, Rachel, who has just turned 11, wants to be 102 years old. (A) Why does she choose this age? (B) What does her wish say about her understanding of power and authority?

2. Identify and discuss the figurative language used in the following passages. (A) State whether the figure of speech is a simile or a metaphor, (B) explain what is being compared, and (C) discuss the point that is being made.

3.( A)What are your thoughts about Mrs. Price? (B) Why does she behave the way she does?

Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one. That’s how being eleven years old is” (6-7).
“I wish I was anything but eleven, because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway balloon, like a tine o in he sky, so tiny-tiny you have to close your eyes to see it” (9)

2 short story “Two Kinds”

Please answer the following questions:

1. Discuss an internal and an external conflict in this story.

2A. What caused Jing-mei to resist her mother’s desire to make her a remarkable child?

2B. Do you think the mother should have pushed Jing-mei as she did? Explain.

3. What does the piano symbolize?

4.fter the talent-show fiasco, Jing-mei decided that she was not going to play the piano anymore. This caused a major conflict between Jing-mei and her mother. (A) Why do you think Jing-mei had the desire to see her mother’s anger rise and “spill over”(7)? (B) Do you think this conflict had a “winner”? Explain.