Boule de Suif

DUE - Thursday, February 21  
POINTS - Up to 15 
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 is the premise about gender and sexuality?

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

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