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amother
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 Tue, Jan 02 2024, 10:42 pm
Can we discuss Short stories we read in school.
The Pearl
The Monkeys Paw- how did the son come back? Disfigured? I always wondered
What's the one with the guy dying in the wax museum cause he thought the wax figure came to life?
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amother
Molasses
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 4:46 pm
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I’d love to discuss but don’t remember any really.
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 4:58 pm
I recently told dd the story of the pearl. I wonder if she'll read it too in HS.
12 angry men.
animal farm 
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 5:00 pm
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The Ransom of Red Chief, it was the best!
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 5:02 pm
| amother Daffodil wrote: | I recently told dd the story of the pearl. I wonder if she'll read it too in HS.
12 angry men.
animal farm |
Love animal farm!
Read it in 7th grade, then reread it and did a 25 page research paper on it in college
It’s beyond fascinating (and super applicable to today)
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 5:05 pm
Is the pearl the one about the necklace?
The gifts of the maggai or something like that
12 angry men (and then we got to watch the movie, lucky us!)
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Cheshire cat
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 5:14 pm
| amother OP wrote: | Short stories we read in school.
The Pearl
The Monkeys Paw- how did the son come back? Disfigured? I always wondered
What's the one with the guy dying in the wax museum cause he thought the wax figure came to life? |
The Waxwork
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 6:46 pm
| amother Wheat wrote: | Is the pearl the one about the necklace?
The gifts of the maggai or something like that
12 angry men (and then we got to watch the movie, lucky us!) |
That one is actually called the necklace.
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 8:32 pm
So no one can explain the ending of the Monkeys Paw?
I was always left feeling unsatisfied
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 8:32 pm
| amother Wheat wrote: | Is the pearl the one about the necklace?
The gifts of the maggai or something like that
12 angry men (and then we got to watch the movie, lucky us!) |
What was 12 angry men about, again?
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icedcoffee
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 8:40 pm
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The author deliberately leaves the ending of The Monkey's Paw ambiguous. Possibly the son would have been all mangled and gory. Or he would've looked like a zombie. Or maybe he would have appeared physically normal. We don't know. In fact, maybe it's not even their son and it's someone else entirely knocking at the door. The point is, they need to accept that they can't get their son back. The mom is holding onto a delusion that they can change things back to the exactly the way they were. The dad knows they can't. Whoever, or whatever, it was at the door is irrelevant.
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 8:44 pm
| icedcoffee wrote: | | The author deliberately leaves the ending of The Monkey's Paw ambiguous. Possibly the son would have been all mangled and gory. Or he would've looked like a zombie. Or maybe he would have appeared physically normal. We don't know. In fact, maybe it's not even their son and it's someone else entirely knocking at the door. The point is, they need to accept that they can't get their son back. The mom is holding onto a delusion that they can change things back to the exactly the way they were. The dad knows they can't. Whoever, or whatever, it was at the door is irrelevant. |
I know it's not the point. But it always gave me chills
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icedcoffee
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 8:46 pm
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Definitely, leaving it ambiguous makes it more chilling. If the author had written "The father looked through the peephole and saw his son looking bloody and gross with ripped clothing and groaning like the undead" it would lose the haunting aspect of not knowing exactly what's out there on the doorstep.
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 8:54 pm
| amother OP wrote: | | What was 12 angry men about, again? |
A court case for a murder. The 12 angry men are the members of the jury. It's a play, not really a short story
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 9:00 pm
| amother Wheat wrote: | | A court case for a murder. The 12 angry men are the members of the jury. It's a play, not really a short story |
I remember the story vaguely. What was the story about?
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 9:01 pm
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I'd love to read Tale of 2 cities as an adult. If I wouldn't be on imamother perhaps I would have the time.
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 9:03 pm
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Who remembers a separate piece by John Knowles one of my favorite!
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amother
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 9:04 pm
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Pride and prejudice is another good one
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tigerwife
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Wed, Jan 03 2024, 9:04 pm
Hated The Pearl. It was depressing and you just knew things wouldn’t end up well for the main character.
I loved A Tale of Two Cities, although I should probably reread since the details are fuzzy.
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