USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

[SOURCES]
In Too Soon a Woman, at the end of the story, the boy says that Mary proved herself to be a:

(A) Foolish girl to have eaten the mushroom

(B) True friend

(C) ** Wonderful woman to have for a step-mother

(D) Babysitter, not much more

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Thesis:The author develops the theme of finding freedom through sacrifices by the way she crafts symbolism and character. This story is about a boy and his-soon-to-be stepmother, Mary, as they struggle to try and survive during the Homestead Act of 1863.

Concept note-2: -Conflict and resolution The conflict was starvation and the resolution was the testing of the mushroom.

Concept note-3: -Mary) Mary wants to join the family on the journey but Pa doesn’t want her to accompany them because he thinks that she will just be another mouth to feed and she will not help them. What conflict is introduced on the first page of the story?