Problem
For "The Girl with Bangs" answer the Reading and Reacting Questions:
A. At what point did you realize that the narrator was female? Do you think her feelings and behavior would have been any different if she were male?
B. What exactly is it about Charlotte that fascinates the narrator? Do you share this fascination?
C. What do we learn in paragraph 1 about the narrator's tastes, feelings, and beliefs? Is this information enough to explain her obsession with Charlotte?
D. Why do you think the narrator focuses on Charlotte's bangs? What other physical traits does Charlotte have?
E. In paragraph 2, the narrator characterizes Charlotte as "the kind of woman who has only two bras, both of them gray." What does this tell readers about Charlotte? What does the description of Charlotte's room in paragraph 4 reveal about her?