The Way to Heaven Padlet by Alexander Nieves https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg en-us 2017-04-12 01:17:39 UTC 2017-04-12 01:57:59 UTC hello@padlet.com "In other respects, she was not particularly nervous woman, but the mere thought of being late on occasions like these would just throw her into such a state of nerves that she began to twitch" (1). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166001001 This quote is showing the reader Mrs.Foster's pathological fear, which is included in the conflict of the story. This quote is also used to give background information to the reader about the fear that Mrs. Foster has, so that the reader not only knows the conflict, but understands it as well.]]> 2017-04-12 01:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166001001 "Mr. Foster may possibly have had a right to be irritated by this foolishness of hiswife’s, but he could have had no excuse for increasing her misery by keeping her waitingunnecessarily" (1). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166001507 This quote also leads into the conflict and theme of the story, by showing how mentally abusive Mr. Foster is to Mrs. Foster. This quote also is relevant to the story, as it also is one of the reasons of how the resolution comes into place.]]> 2017-04-12 01:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166001507 "Even she, a very modest woman, was aware of it, and although she had for years refused to let herself believe that Mr. Foster would ever consciously torment her, there had been times recently when she had caught herself beginning to wonder" (1). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166002069 This quote shows how Mrs. Foster, although disciplined by her husband, starts to wonder about her husband. Later in the story, Mrs. Foster's curiosity of her husband's abuse later leads to resolution.]]> 2017-04-12 01:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166002069 "This, she kept telling herself, was the one plane she must not miss" (2). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166003663 This quote gives background information of the main objective of Mrs. Foster. She wants to get to Paris to see her grandchildren and daughter, and can't miss this plane for her life.]]> 2017-04-12 01:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166003663 "Her husband carne after her, but he walked down the steps of the house slowly, pausing halfway to observe the sky and to sniff the cold morning air" (3). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166003735 This shows how horrible Mr. Foster was to his wife. He purposely stops and tries to make his wife late, just to get joy out of tormenting her.]]> 2017-04-12 01:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166003735 "Now it was right up against the door, and for still another few seconds she remained in that position,head up, ear to door, hand on key, about to enter but not entering, trying instead, or so it seemed, to hear and to analyse these sounds that were coming faintly from this place deep within the house" (7). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166003917 This quote is very important to the plot of the story. It is the climax, or the point where Mrs. Foster leaves her husband in the broken elevator to die.]]> 2017-04-12 01:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166003917 "The chauffeur, had he been watching her closely, might have noticed that her face had turned absolutely white and that the whole expression had suddenly altered" (8). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166004445 Here, it is hinting at how Mrs. Foster changes when she realizes her husband is stuck in the lift. She was frightened for being late because of her husband, but when she realizes that he's trapped, she starts off to Paris.]]> 2017-04-12 01:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166004445 "Once a week, on Tuesdays, she wrote a letter to her husband a nice, chatty letter -full of news and gossip, which always ended with the words 'Now be sure to take your meals regularly, dear, although this is something I’m afraid you may not be doing when I’m not with you'" (8). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166004491 I believe this quote is hinting at how Mrs. Foster is creating an alibi for her husband's death. I believe this because when the cops would find the letters, they would see she was in Paris, and would think he died because he was not eating his meals.]]> 2017-04-12 01:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166004491 "Surprisingly, she didn’t seem to mind as much as one might have expected, and when she kissed them all good-bye, there was something in her manner and in the things she said that appeared to hint at the possibility of a return in the not too distant future" (8). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166004592 This quote shows how Mrs. Foster knew her husband would die. If she didn't know he was dead, she would be sad to leave, and wouldn't come back soon.]]> 2017-04-12 01:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166004592 "She replaced the receiver and sat there at her husband’s desk, patiently waiting for the man who would be coming soon to repair the lift" (9). nieves2 https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166004644 This quote is the resolution and ending to the short story. She knows her husband is dead in the lift, and that she will get away with the murder.]]> 2017-04-12 01:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nieves2/4hf0dg201dg/wish/166004644