Part 28

2. How is the story made to appeal to our sympathies?

3. How is the country doctor made heroic?

4. Point out all the ways in which the doctor’s character is emphasized.

5. How much of the worth of the story is due to local color?

6. Point out examples of pathos; of humor. Why have both been used?

7. Write a story of heroism in ordinary life. Use the slang, or the dialect of daily life as you have actually heard it, as a means of increasing the effect. Be sure to make your story tell of action as well as of character. Make it rise to a climax.

THE DÀN-NAN-RÒN

1. Why is personal appearance emphasized in the beginning of the story?

2. Point out examples of poetic fancy.

3. Show how the author’s style of writing contributes to the effect the story produces.

4. Show how great a part belief in the supernatural is made to play.

5. How much of the story depends upon character?

6. What is the effect of the verse?

7. What keeps the story from being merely sensational?

8. What part does madness play in the story?

9. What is the author’s purpose in using so much Gaelic?

10. Show in what ways the story is true to ordinary mental action.

11. How do you account for all the events that take place?

12. How does the author give the strong atmospheric effects?

13. In what ways is the story unusual?

14. What gives the story its great power?

15. How does the story affect you?

16. Write an original story in which you make conscience play a great part, especially when spurred on by superstitious fears.

THE END

● Transcriber’s Notes: ○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected. ○ Typographical errors were silently corrected. ○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book. ○ Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_); text that was bold by “equal” signs (=bold=).