https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b By Pauline Lombardo en-us 2018-02-22 00:42:03 UTC 2025-09-25 04:55:23 UTC hello@padlet.com lombardop https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234054323 "The feel of the grass is good; when press it down and lift your hand the blades spring up again at once as strong as ever; they will not be kept lying down." This Quote from the short story helps the reader know that the story is being told in 2nd person point of view. It makes the reader feel as if you are going through her struggles and actions through out the story.]]> 2018-02-22 01:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234054323 lombardop https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234056604 "You have said you will do it alone, and you will. You turn your back on the visitor. " The narrator uses "you, your, and you're" repeatedly through out the story, for it is told in 2nd persons point of view. The whole story is told through the narrator who is "you."]]> 2018-02-22 01:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234056604 lombardop https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234058196 The plot of the story is about a blind girl who "needs to go upstairs" , to go to the bathroom. She insists on going her self to prove to a visitor that she is not a baby and can do it on her own. This is the rising action. The climax is the struggles that the blind girl faces when making her way upstairs. Falling action is when she finally reaches the bathroom all on her own.]]> 2018-02-22 01:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234058196 lombardop https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234060157 "With the smells come the house sounds, all so familiar: Doreen's footsteps in the kitchen, a whirring like insects from the refrigerator and the clocks, a curtain flapping in the wind and a tapping, a tiny rustle from the canary. You know all these things better than anyone else. " This is one of many examples of sensory language being used. This auditory detail is so important to the story. When being told in 2nd person about a blind girl this detail helps the reader feel as if they can hear everything around them, while not being able to see it.]]> 2018-02-22 02:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234060157 lombardop https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234061444 indirect- "Mother, I need to go upstairs," and you hurry to say, "I can go by myself, Mother."  From this quote you can pull that the girl is independent. Before her mother could answer she insisted on going herself.

Direct- "Mother is looking at your face-you cannot look yourself, yet you can always feel Mother's look; now she is doubtful, but she is proud" . From this quote the readers know that the girls mom is proud. ]]> 2018-02-22 02:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234061444 lombardop https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234062364 The Theme of the short story is confidence in your own abilities will bring you success. This is shown through out the story as the blind girl makes her way upstairs all on her own]]> 2018-02-22 02:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234062364 lombardop https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234062667 I feel as if the tone of the story is supposed to be overcoming but happy. I feel this way because the story shows her struggles, but in the end she makes it to the top. The story being told in the spring also contributes to the tone being bright and happy.]]> 2018-02-22 02:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234062667 lombardop https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234063439 The conflict that the girl is going through is person vs self. Some Conflicts that the girl overcomes is making her way through the garden, and going up the stairs while being blind.]]> 2018-02-22 02:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234063439 lombardop https://padlet.com/lombardop/uzgcz0sexo0b/wish/234063835 Dialogue is one of the literary devices used in the story. It was used to helps decouple both the mom and the girl as characters. 
The author used 
symbolism- Heart, to symbolize her mothers love
Oxymoron- Tortoise small and large


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