Burning Question and
Good Country People Discussion

Thursday,
November 06, 2008

7:08 PM

Sir Gawain does not
wipe away the Friar’s tears. Is this a sin?

He has a pass

But he is delving

Closer he gets to the center –
the more tempted he is

Is the idea that
religion is a load of nonsense the key idea of “Good Country People”

Playing on stereotypes

You have to fill in what you
expect

Might be based on irony

Written in the 40s and 50s by
a woman

Seems like a random story

Does not have an intriguing
beginning

Randomness is not what you
expect from stories

Must look into connotations

Why is it
random??

The relationship itself is
not clear

How do the characters feel
about each other?

Don’t come out and say how
they feel

Does not seem like a
positive tone

People are more like
individuals

Narrator has
taken great pain in giving a lot of details. Why?

Not a wide
view of things

POV is
important

Dante is taking in entire
universe

Allow story to suggest to you

Dante: everyone has their own
place - structure

Joy is just miserable – no
structure

Misery is own creation

Only thing you can rely on is
what the characters do or say

Must understand the
relationship between characters

Pairs

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Burning Question and
Good Country People Discussion

Thursday,
November 06, 2008

7:08 PM

Sir Gawain does not
wipe away the Friar’s tears. Is this a sin?

He has a pass

But he is delving

Closer he gets to the center –
the more tempted he is

Is the idea that
religion is a load of nonsense the key idea of “Good Country People”

Playing on stereotypes

You have to fill in what you
expect

Might be based on irony

Written in the 40s and 50s by
a woman

Seems like a random story

Does not have an intriguing
beginning

Randomness is not what you
expect from stories

Must look into connotations

Why is it
random??

The relationship itself is
not clear

How do the characters feel
about each other?

Don’t come out and say how
they feel

Does not seem like a
positive tone

People are more like
individuals

Narrator has
taken great pain in giving a lot of details. Why?

Not a wide
view of things

POV is
important

Dante is taking in entire
universe

Allow story to suggest to you

Dante: everyone has their own
place - structure

Joy is just miserable – no
structure

Misery is own creation

Only thing you can rely on is
what the characters do or say

Must understand the
relationship between characters

Pairs

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from <file:///G:\English\Dante\05-Buring%20Question%20and%20Good%20Country%20People%20Discussion.doc>