Please look carefully at the questions below. These questions will form the basis of our class discussion regarding the short stories you have read. These answers will also help you to begin formulating an argument for your paper. Please answer all of the following questions.

1. What is the main point of the short story?
2. How does the author advance the main point?
3. What does this short story suggest about the American Ideal?
4. How does this short story deal with the concept of social anxiety about the time period? Or Understanding “Harrison Bergeron”