- Reread the opening paragraph. How does it set the tone for the story?
- What does the tone of this story, particularly its lack of humor, tell us about the kind of significance the adult narrator attaches to this child hood experience?
- What does Managans sister represent to the narrator?
Mangan’s sister inspires the story’s action, you can assume through the reading that the narrator knows almost nothing about her. The only things stated are “Her hair is like soft rope”, “her dress moves when she walks”, and “she owns a silver bracelet”, little more is revealed. Mangan's sister is only an object of desire for the narrator. Through her, we come to understand that the narrator at the end of the story is not only upset because his idea of love has been crushed
