Boule de Suif

DUE - Wesnesday, September 15 
POINTS - Up to 10 
LENGTH: 4-5 pages (about 800-1,000 words)

We discussed the alligator story in class:
http://jthomasniu.org/class/Stuff/alligator

NOW:
Read the following short story Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant

And then answer the following in about 750-1,000 words:

1) What is the short story about? (summarize it)

2) What norms or cultural values are reflected in ths story? (Draw
from lecture and chapter 3 on culture)

3) Does it make you change your view of Abigail, or does it simply 
reinforce what you thought?

NOTE: Write this as an essay, not as point-by-point answers to the
questions.

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