Settng Assignment:
1. ①"They lived behind a store in Hanrantty, Ontario."
Harranty is rural city in Canada. Munro prefers to give a setting of small town in her short story.
② "The door did not fit, the walls were only beaverboard. The result was that even the tearing of a piece of toilet paper, the shifting of a haunch, was audible to those working or talking or eating in the kitchen."This sentence illustrates the poverty of Rose's family, as the house is terribly built.
2. Geographical location: Hanrantty, Ontario
Occupation of characters: Rose's father is a mink farmer, and her mother can do some repair works. Her stepmother is a housewife.
("The store was really a house, bought by Rose's father and mother when they married ans set up here in the furniture and upholstery repair business." )
Social Environment: Rose's family is in lower class.
" " Macaroni, pepperoni, Bottucelli, beans-" What could that mean? Rose used to repeat such things to herself" She lives in poverty, as she never heard these food names before. There are four people in Rose's family: "Rose, her father, Flo(Rose's stepmother), Rose's younf half brother, Brian".
1. ①"They lived behind a store in Hanrantty, Ontario."
Harranty is rural city in Canada. Munro prefers to give a setting of small town in her short story.
② "The door did not fit, the walls were only beaverboard. The result was that even the tearing of a piece of toilet paper, the shifting of a haunch, was audible to those working or talking or eating in the kitchen."This sentence illustrates the poverty of Rose's family, as the house is terribly built.
2. Geographical location: Hanrantty, Ontario
Occupation of characters: Rose's father is a mink farmer, and her mother can do some repair works. Her stepmother is a housewife.
("The store was really a house, bought by Rose's father and mother when they married ans set up here in the furniture and upholstery repair business." )
Social Environment: Rose's family is in lower class.
" " Macaroni, pepperoni, Bottucelli, beans-" What could that mean? Rose used to repeat such things to herself" She lives in poverty, as she never heard these food names before. There are four people in Rose's family: "Rose, her father, Flo(Rose's stepmother), Rose's younf half brother, Brian".
Character Assignment:
"She was clumsy, and when something broke she couldn't wait to sweep it up and throw it away."
"Rose's nature was growing like a prickly pineapple, but slowly, and secretly, hard pride and skepicism overlapping, to make something surprising even to herself."
Rose is an immature girl who is a little bit rebellious . She is always abused by her father as she has numerous conflicts with her stpmother, Flo.
2. License Plate: ROSE013
Rose is not an ourdoor girl. However, she wants to be focused by others. Therefore, she might wrote her name on her license plate. Furthermore, she is a girl who is a little bit rebellious. So, she may use the most unfortunate number 013 to show her immaturity.
"She was clumsy, and when something broke she couldn't wait to sweep it up and throw it away."
"Rose's nature was growing like a prickly pineapple, but slowly, and secretly, hard pride and skepicism overlapping, to make something surprising even to herself."
Rose is an immature girl who is a little bit rebellious . She is always abused by her father as she has numerous conflicts with her stpmother, Flo.
2. License Plate: ROSE013
Rose is not an ourdoor girl. However, she wants to be focused by others. Therefore, she might wrote her name on her license plate. Furthermore, she is a girl who is a little bit rebellious. So, she may use the most unfortunate number 013 to show her immaturity.
Conflict Assignment
1. External Conflict Rose v.s. her stepmother Flo
"Flo speaks of Rose's smart-aleck behavior, rudeness and sloppiness and conceit. Her willingness to make work for others, her lack of gratitude. She mentions Brian's innocence, Rose's corruption."
"Oh, don' you think you're somebody, says Flo, and a moment later, Who do you think you are? Rose contradicts and objects with such poisonous reasonableness and mildness, displays theatrical unconcern"
2. Rose is eager to go to Vancouver.
Flo strongly against her idea
Rose still persists that she wants to go to Vancouver.
Flo tells Rose's father the immaturity of Rose. Rose's father beats her heavily.
Rose argues to her stepmother with her disagreement.
1. External Conflict Rose v.s. her stepmother Flo
"Flo speaks of Rose's smart-aleck behavior, rudeness and sloppiness and conceit. Her willingness to make work for others, her lack of gratitude. She mentions Brian's innocence, Rose's corruption."
"Oh, don' you think you're somebody, says Flo, and a moment later, Who do you think you are? Rose contradicts and objects with such poisonous reasonableness and mildness, displays theatrical unconcern"
2. Rose is eager to go to Vancouver.
Flo strongly against her idea
Rose still persists that she wants to go to Vancouver.
Flo tells Rose's father the immaturity of Rose. Rose's father beats her heavily.
Rose argues to her stepmother with her disagreement.