AP LIT Socratic Seminar

Short Fiction Socratic Seminar

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  • Why do you think Kate Chopin chooses to use irony at the end of both stories we read?
  • How would "The Story of an Hour" be different if free indirect discourse was eliminated?
  • Why might Kate Chopin focus on race in "Desiree's Baby"? What was her intention?
  • How would the story, " A Haunted House" be different if stream of consciousness was eliminated?
  • Analyze Armand's reaction to Desiree. Why do you think he has this reaction? What might be an alternate reason?
  • Why do you think the Old man and the Old Waiter have so many similarities in "A Clean Well Lighted Place"?
  • How would the story, " A Clean, Well Lighted Place" be different if told from the perspective of the old man?
  • In the story, "Kew Gardens" many characters have positive memories. How would the story have been different for the reader if it had been filled with negative experiences?
  • In the story, "Kew Gardens" many characters have positive memories. How would the story have been different for the reader if it had been filled with negative experiences?