Deception
...the author on the last few pages. However, the authors' sometimes let the conclusion up to the reader. The title of the stories can be a major hint of how the author wants you to think. "Beware the Dog" by Roald Dahl could also be titled: "Things are not What They Seem to be." "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell you must conclude that without the ladies evidence that Mrs. Wright may get off.
The stories both take place in one room settings a kitchen and a hospital room (Similarity). The first story, "Beware of the Dog" is told in first person (the Pilot) (Contrast #1). He talks of being hit in his Spitfire and losing his one leg. He goes in and out of conscious and he rambles with thoughts of getting back to England. However, he wakes up in a hospital room and is told he is in Brighton, England. He begins to recover and starts to question things in his own mind. He lay listening to sounds of what seems to be Junkers 88 German planes in daylight. He does not here any air raid sirens. He questions his one nurse. She brushes it off as he was dreaming. He heard another plane he could not identify. Finally, he receives a sponge bath from the nurse. She remarks about how hard the water is to make soap suds. He thinks to himself that when he was in Brighton for training the water was soft. He was able to finally get enough strength to crawl to the window and look out. He reads a sign the said "Gardeau Chien" As he looked out at the country side "So this is France," he said (Similarities /Suspicions/one Fact). "I am in France" Te story concludes with the pilot, Mr. Peter Williamson, giving his name, rank, and serial number to the fake RAF Officer (Contrast/Final Conclusion).
"Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell is told by a third party through
the eyes of Mr. Hale's Wife (Martha). Martha Hale is a farmer's wife from the next farm...
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