Section A:
1. Happliy Ever After
2. John and Mary Smith
3. A Life
4. A Happy Marriage
5. It’s A Wonderful Life
protagonist: John and Mary
narrator: neighbor? nosy? objective?
plot: straight forward and simple; canned plot; predictable
tone: boring, monotone
Section B
1. Love’s a Bitch
2. Twenty-First Century Love
3. One-Sided Love
4. Reality
5. There’s Always Somebody Else
6. Crazy Stupid Love
7. She’s Gotta Have It
8. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
9. Feminist Revenge Fantasy
protagonist: Mary
narrator: female narrator; third person limited
tone: angry; resentful; bitter; resigned; sarcastic?
plot:
Section C
1. Mad Men
2. Midlife Crisis
3. Love and Other Drugs
4. Can’t Resist the Bad Boys
protagonist: John, an older man who is married to Madge
narrator: male/female narrator; cynical; sarcastic;
tone: grim, dark humor
plot: dramatic
D:
1. Meant to Be
2. Tidal Wave
3. It Happens
4. 12/26/05
protagonist: Fred and Madge
narrator: ?
tone:
plot: romantic
E:
1. What Does That Even Mean?
2. Confused
3. Unknown
4. Survival of the Fittest
5. In Medias Res
7. Til Death Do Us Part
8. Bird Watching
protagonist: Madge
narrator: careless, apathetic, rushed, divorced
tone:
plot: open ended
F:
1. John and Mary Die
2. From Canada With Love
3. Maybe We Should All Move to Canada
4. O Canada!
5. Canada is Boring
6. Everybody Dies in Canada
protagonist: narrator/reader
narrator: second person narrative perspective
tone: truthful; tired; cynical
plot:
Why are we reading this story?
It makes us think about reality.
It makes us think about relationships.
It makes us think about fiction (reading and writing it).
It raises some questions:
Is this a short story? Why or why not?
If yes, why? Please explain how it functions as a short story?
If no, why not? What is it? How would you describe what this is?
