Official SAT II Literature thread

CollegeKid808
Sun, 09 Oct 2005 08:10:44 +0000

as far as charlotte’s attitude, I thought she was presented as equal or whatever, seeing as she refused the chair, expressed her opinion readily, controlled the convo, told him to exercise more, etc. Women of the period generally may not have done these things.

it never said in the passage that the thief hates the rich and famous; i looked thru several times but could find nothing; thus, the only answer that made sense is that he knows something about jewelry, since he knew it was made of gold and its value

for the mother’s death one, i thought it added poignancy to the scene; as it became somewhat of a eulogy. I do not think it was a unique event, as most people in the world unfortunately lose their mothers at some point in their lifetimes.

i also thought the wheat was beauty and impermanence, as it was growing but bent by the wind, then harvested and left in golden bundles, then taken away. i am not sure about the whole little girls reference; i thought they stood for the bundles of wheat.

in the play, i said that the ringing phone brought them back to reality from their idealistic view of the world.