3. What evidence is there that Maud Martha and Helen value different things? 4. How does the author heighten suspense at the end of the story 5. How is the problem the family faces resolved? 6. If Papa had not been successful, which family member do you think would have taken the blow hardest of all? Explain your answer. 7. Reread the first paragraph of the story. What things about their home is at "the heart of the matter" for Maud Marth and her family?

In "tell me, o swan, your ancient tale," to what does the land where no doubt nor sorrow have rule refer? nature heaven the promised land an imaginary country

What does it meam to write about something that went well today and reflect on its causes

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up