Chopin and Welty, English homework help

Chopin and Welty

Questions about “The Story of an Hour”:

1. What is Louise’s conflict before she receives the report of her husband’s death?
2. How does the setting help us understand the internal changes Louise is going through?
3. What examples of irony does the story contain? (See the Reader’s Guide to the Short Story.)

Questions about “A Worn Path”:

1. Why is the trek along the “worn path” apparently easy for such an old woman?
2. Do you think the grandson is alive or dead? Why? Does it really matter?

Links to this Week’s Stories

• Link to “The Story of an Hour” (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• Link to “A Worn Path” (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.