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The Boarded Window Essay

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Surprise! Question #1 The story I chose to read & analyze was 'The Boarded Window’. Question #2 The physical setting of the story took place "Only a few miles away from what is the the great city Cincinnati." A description from the text that demonstrates the theme of the story would be "He lived alone in a house of logs surrounded on all sides by the great forest, of whose gloom and silence he seemed part, for no one had ever known for him to smile nor speak a needless word." The mood exhibited by this quote would be dark/sad. Question #3 The theme of the story is dark and mysterious, always questioning anything and everything and wondering what just might happen next. The final lines of the story influence the mood of the story because the …show more content…

I was left in suspense, I was drawn in, and I was constantly asking questions. I love wondering and asking questions while reading because that means I’m truly interested. Yes! This story invoked my fears because the whole time I was reading, I kept picturing myself in this position and wondering to myself “What would I do?” Alternate Ending to The Sniper: Suddenly from the opposite roof a shot rang out and the sniper dropped his rifle with a curse. The rifle clattered to the roof. The sniper thought the noise would wake the dead. He stooped to pick the rifle up. He couldn’t lift it. His forearm was dead. “I’m hit,” he muttered. The soldier takes a deep breath, took aim and made his final shot. He heard the drop of the body, even over the echo of the gunshot ringing throughout the terrain. His curiosity peaked. He wanted to look over to make sure he confirmed the kill, but he knew that if he looked he could be killed by another sniper off in the distance. Instead of looking, he flees when the time is right. Soon after he made it home. Everything began to fall back into place over the next few weeks. He later receives a letter in the mail telling him his father suffered a fatal head shot wound near O'Connell street. I used reversal, in medias res, and

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