Willa Cather short stories

Greetings!
I am at a conference in Chicago today. I'll miss you but look forward to hearing from you tomorrow about the stories you'll read today.

Here are the groups you will be working with - they are the same ones you used to explore "Paul's Case: A Study in Temperament" last week.  Next to each group is the name of the short story you'll read for today.  Below the group lists is a link to a website containing the texts of all of the stories, in addition to yours.

• Jacob, Ryan, Jackie, Zach - "The Sculptor's Funeral"
• Matt, Zoe, Theodora, Izzy, Brenden - "The Enchanted Bluff"
• Stella, Caroline, Maggie, Nikki - "The Profile"
• Lucas, Eve, Jordan, Josh - "The Namesake"

Willa Cather short stories

Here are your instructions for the day:

1. Read your assigned story. You can choose to read it on the screen or print it out.  If you want to print it, I recommend highlighting the text of the story and then pasting it into a Word or Google document first.  Printing that will give you something easier to read.
2. Create a new Google Doc for your work with this story. Be sure to share it with the members of your group and with me.
3. Spend time naming and discussing the setting of the story. This does not meant to simply name the location of the events. Instead, closely examine the details of the story and consider their potential meanings. How are they described? Are there multiple settings? What are the details Cather uses and what do they convey?
4. List some of the language Cather uses to describe the main character(s) of the story. What does the narrator say about this person? What do other characters say?  What is this language telling us about this person?

Please make sure all of your work is saved in the Google Doc. We'll continue with it tomorrow!