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TESTIMONIAL BY EDWIDGE DANTICAT 1994
What effect does the story's timeline have on the text's overall meaning?
• The story's timeframe influences the overall meaning because the story's location and timeline make sense. In the past, there were many cult-like groups and superstitions, and their actions were frequently met with harsh consequences. The story's date and setting feel more realistic to the culture of the time.
How does the appearance of the old blind woman at the mother's prison cell affect the narrator?
• The elderly blind woman's arrival at the mother's jail call affects the narrator by recalling happy memories of her mother. But the narrator wanted to go, but she kept failing because the elderly blind lady continued questioning her anytime, she tried to step back or leave.
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Hi, I just did an assignment off of this story as well.
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2. Answer ~ Tessie's attitude was of disbelief, she complained about how Bill winning the jackpot was not fair, and how Mr. Summers didn't give Bill a chance to pick the piece of paper slip he wanted.
It then changes when Mr. Summers then takes Bill's paper, puts it back into the box and has their children pick a paper slip in each box. Since they all had start over with their family, the kids opened their slip first, it was blank. Bill opened his, and it was blank as well. Tessie opened hers, turns out Tessie received a black dot on her paper slip, meaning she was then chosen.
He postulated in a book that it would be better to release true witches than to punish innocent people.
