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DQ 3 Sister

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Q DQ3 Sister No unread replies.No replies. 1. In literary short stories, one of the few "rules" is that the protagonist experience transformation at some point in the story. In other words, the character's personality or sense of self starts out at point “A” but concludes at point “Z” as a result of everything that occurs in the story. Just like in real life, we are changed, transformed (for better or worse) by life events, large and small, right? Discussion Question: Understanding that: * flat character is stereotypical and one-dimensional (the jealous lover, the over-weight banker, the ditzy blonde); that * round character is multi-dimensional, well-developed, with good and bad traits, just like real humans; that * static character is unchanging from start to finish of the story; that * dynamic character is changing, is transformed in his/her nature by actions in the story from start to finish I ask: What combination of flat or round, AND static or dynamic characteristics would you use to describe "Sister" in "Why I Live at the P.O."? Provide specific supporting examples from the text. Use the page numbers in our textbook/anthology for citation page numbers. NOTE: Consider the tricky timing of the action of this story versus when the "re-telling," or "gossiping" about it is delivered by the narrator, "Sister." Where is she when she tells the reader why she is living at the P.O.? Has her character's epiphany and change occurred before the re-telling of her story began? DUE DATE: post your opinion (200 words) to your discussion group by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20.

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“Why I live at the P.O.” is an interesting literary piece that deals with jealousy which can be easily developed between sisters if one has excelled the other. In most cases it is seen that women lose their confidence in many of such cases. Eudora Welty has portrayed a really good example here with the female characters showing how resentment amongst sisters could lead to the failure of one another to attain liberty. In this short story the sister is the narrator who is unreliable because of her self-deluded nature. Her younger sister acts as her umbrella as she is always in her shadow.