Imagery Questionaires (One Thousand Dollars)

1. What scenes, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in your reading of the story?

     The scene when Gillian throws the envelop away and tells Tolman and Sharp that he used all the money to gamble. That made me think of one word which is lies.

2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
     I felt annoyed when Gillian lied to Tolman and Sharp that he used all the money on gamble and all the money goes to Miss Hayden, a woman he loved.

3. Which of your five senses did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?

      I would say feeling is one of the five senses this image appeal to, but I didn't really feel what Gillian did. Gillian gave all the money to his loved one, but I would never do the same thing as he did. So actually I felt angry when I thought about this image. I also think that the author wants the reader to feel what Gillian feel which is his love.

4. How do you think your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?

     My reaction would stay unchaged. I think this story is trying to inform us about Gillian's love that he would do anything for it even it costs all of his money.
     

Point of View Questionaires (One Thousand Dollars)

1. What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself or herself as "I"? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?

        No it is not told in 1st person perspective, but it's in3rd person perspective, which means the narrator is not one of the characters in the story and he/she is not participating in the events of the story.

2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?

     The advantages of a third person objective point of view is that you get to see everything that is happening and the reactions that occur from the actions. And all of that can furnish clues as to the purpose of the story.

3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?

     Yes, he is reliable and he understand the characters and events in the strory. He knows everything about every character, including inner thoughts.

4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he/she ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?

      He uses it in both ways, and sometimes he uses it to reveal some information about the character, and he also sometimes uses it to conceal some information. Most of the time, he/she does not unfairly withhold important information.

Character Questionaires (One Thousand Dollars)

1. Who is/ are the main character(s) in the story? What does the main character look like?

      The main character's name is Gillian. He is a handsome guy.

2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?

   Gillian required to keep a strict accounting of how he spends the money and if he spends it wastefully, all his inheritance will goes to a young lady named Miss Hayden. He live with his uncle in his uncle's house. He is denpendent on his uncle for living.

3. What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note the degree of complexity of his.her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her ife? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?

  He is a very kind, but careless guy. In the story he is willing to give all his money to the lady he loves by lying to his uncle that he used all the money to gamble. He talks and acts like a gentleman, he is very kind. He don't care about his money at all, he is willing to give all his money to his lover. He is happy to give all the money to his lover.

4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is the conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?

    He is required to keep strict accounting of how he spends the money. Later on he knows that if he doesn't use his money carefully, his uncle will give all the money to the lady he loves, but he doesn't really care about himself at all. He lied to his uncle that he used all the money to gamble. So his uncle gave all money to lady he loves.

5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible cange for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?

     First, he was a guy that liked to go out with many girls at once. But when he met a young lady named Miss Hayden, he felt in love with her. At the end of the story he become a more of a gentleman.

Setting Questionaires

1. Place: the geographical location of the story – a country or a city, a large city or a small village, indoors or outdoors, or both.
      The story takes place in a small city where there a lots of people.

2. Time: the period in history, the season of the year, the day of the month, and/or the hour of the day in which the events of the story occur.        

      The time in which the story takes place is around the late 1800s or the early 1900s.

3. Social environment: the location of characters and events in a particular society and/or a particular social class (lover, middle, upper class).



     The social environment is mostly upper class, where people dress very fancy and also has lots of money.

One Thousand Dollars (Short Story by O. Henry)

1. What is the story about? What are the main events in the stroy, and how are they related to each other?
        
        This story is about a young man, who is very spoiled. he lives his live gambling. his uncle dies and he inherits 51,000 dollars. He just knows about 1,000 dollars though. his uncle decides to test him, if he spend it responsibly, he will receive the other 50k, but if he doesn't it will be left to another lady which he loves. after he knows about the other money he decides to give her everything by lying and saying he wasted all the money gambling.

2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
        They are all arranged chronologically.

3. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?
        There are no flashbacks, just a normal story that is told chronologically.

4. Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?
        A bit slow-paced most of the story, but it's also fast-paced at some points during the story too.

5. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?
        When the main character gets too greedy for money, and has an unhealthy addiction to gambling, but that's what he says to his uncle. He actually wants to give all of the money to the lady he loves.

6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral, or emotional? Are they resolved? How are the resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
     
     The main conflict in the plot is that the main character has a problem with gambling, and it's really emotional because the uncle is testing his nephew if he can overcome his addiction to gambling, but it's just that he's giving the all the money to the lady.

7. What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur? Is the ending of the story happy, unhappy, or indeterminate? Is it fairly achieved?
      
         The climax of the story is when the nephew which is the main character finds out that his uncle is testing him. and they're both kind of indeterminate. It's pretty much fairly achieved.

8. Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?
        The plot sort of has a bit of unity, and all of the episodes are relevant to the total meaning and effect of the story. Each incident does grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next, chronologically putting all of the events in order.

9. What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?
        The story has both chance and coincidence, in which the uncle is testing the nephew, which he sort of fails. It's to both initiate and complicate the story, as to make it more interesting.
        

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Huck is very worried now because Tom Sawyer could come in any moment so he went out and said that he was going to get his luggage on the raft and after that, he went out and waited for Tom Sawyer to come. When the two friends finally met, Tom Sawyer thought that Huck was dead but after he found out, he was glad. Then Huck told Tom about what happened and Tom agreed to help Jim out of slavery so they made a plan that Tom would act like Sid and they went together to Phelps's house. Soon they found out that Jim was kept in the shed behind the house. So that evening Huck and Tom went and told Jim that they were helping him out and they would go together.

But when Huck was going to the shed the next day to free Jim, Toms says that they should do like what he read in the book, because it was very easy to free Jim and he thinks that it wasn't complicated at all and it wasn't fun. And Tom handed the book he read to Huck and after Huck read, he also thought that it was good to do so and they waited. And when Uncle Silas, Huck and Tom stole one of his shirt and they gave it to Jim. They also stole a pie and put it in when Jim got out, he could eat the pie and not be hungry. He even put the animals there so that when Jim escapes he could ride the animal and escaped like in the book that he read.

After they escapes, they found that gang again so the three boy ran with all their might but Tom was shot in at one of his leg and he can't continue any longer and their plan was all ruined. Now Huck and Jim must make a hard decision so Jim told Huck to go find the doctor while he will look after Tom. Huck then runs to the town and he accidentally found Uncle Silas and he lied that he and Sid is running after the runaway nigger and Sid is injured so they went to help Tom and Sid and they also helped Jim. To Huck's surprise, he found out later those two months ago, Miss Watson had passed away and she freed Jim. So now Jim is a free man again.

While Huck, who still is saying that he is Tom and while Tom is acting like Sid, Aunt Polly came and she was shocked to see Huck and she asked what happened. So Huck and Tom were caught and they were forced to confess what they did, and their true identity was discovered. After that they all got a good talk together and Tom convince Huck and Jim to go back together and live a happy life but Huck said that he doesn't want to be bothered by his pap again so he is not going back. So Tom told him the story behind it, he told that on the day Huck escapes from his pap his pap followed him to that abandoned house and he was killed there so he can't bother Huck anymore. So now, Huck is happy and so was everyone.