Study questions
Structure
- Can you find examples of words or sentences that foreshadow later developments in the story?
- Is the story's open ending pessimistic or hopeful?
Characters
- How does the narrator's feelings about her relationship with Tom develop through the story?
- Why do you think Tom choose to tell the narrator about his feelings for his co-worker?
- What is the state of the characters' relationship at the end of the story?
Narrator and point of view
- What is the effect of having a first person narrator who often presents the events of the story