2. Discuss the structure of Nadine Gordimer’s “The First Sense.” How does the structure highlight the differences between the wife and her husband? How does Gordimer set up the reader to understand the wife’s choices? Do you think she is successful? Why or why not? Answer these questions in your discussion with a defensible claim and provide textual evidence.

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes