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“Killings” By Andre Dubus Short Story Assignment Teacher: Alicia Healy Astolot Educational Centre Ottawa, Canada www.astolot.com

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“Killings”      

By  Andre  Dubus      

Short  Story  Assignment      

Teacher:  Alicia  Healy  Astolot  Educational  Centre    

Ottawa,  Canada    www.astolot.com  

   

 

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Alicia  Healy  //  2016  

Short  Stories      

Killings  By  Andre  Dubus  

1.  Summary      

Your  Summary:      Teacher’s  Summary  Example:  "Killings”,  by  Andre  Dubus,  is  set  in  a  blue-­‐collar  town  in  Massachusetts.  The  story  explores  the  psychology  and  emotions  of  a  couple  after  their  son,  Frank,  is  murdered.  Dubus  treats  the  dark  antagonist  and  murderer,  Richard  Strout,  with  small  notes  of  empathy.  Dubus  provides  horrifying  detail  during  the  revenge  kidnapping  of  Strout  as  Matt,  Frank's  father,  walks  through  the  strange  and  tidy  apartment.  As  a  master  of  the  short  story  craft,  Dubus  presents  this  scene  with  startling  incongruity.  How  does  a  man  who  lives  in  this  tidy  manner  commit  such  a  brutal  murder?  Dubus  brings  Strout  to  a  level  that  is  startling:  he  is  an  ordinary  man  who  commits  an  evil  act.  Who  else  in  the  story  is  capable  of  such  brutality?    1. Theme:        2. How  the  story  is  told:      

2.1. Setting    2.1.1. Location  of  the  story:    

 2.2. Structure  and  Plot  Development    

2.2.1. Complication  (exposition),  tension  (rising  action),  contrast,  climax,  resolution      

2.3. Characterization    2.3.1. Protagonist,  antagonist,  and  minor  characters  

 2.4. Style    

2.4.1. Descriptions?  2.4.2. Emotions  (ex.  Empathy)?    2.4.3. Dialogue?    2.4.4. Internal  or  External  expression?    

 2.5. Narrator  and  Point  of  View    

2.5.1. First,  Second,  or  Third  person?      

2.6. Diction  and  Figurative  Language  2.6.1. Metaphor,  Simile,  Personification,  Sarcasm  

 2.7. Tone  and  Mood    

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Alicia  Healy  //  2016  2.7.1. Tone:  gentle,  calm,  hopeful,  gloomy,  hopeful  vs.  hopeless,  harsh  ext.    2.7.2. Mood:  How  does  this  story  make  you  feel?  Are  you  Happy,  sad,  angry  or  indifferent?  Give  

reasons  to  support  your  answer    

3. Response:      

1. Who  is  the  audience  of  the  story?      

2. What  is  the  purpose  of  the  story?      

3. Can  you  justify  Matt’s  actions  in  taking  Richard  Strout  at  gunpoint?  Why  do  you  think  he  took  these  actions?      

4. Trace  the  emotions  of  Matt’s  character  as  the  plot  unfolds.      

5. Discuss  the  significance  of  the  title.  Why  is  “Killings”  a  more  appropriate  title  than  “Killers”?      

6. What  are  the  effects  of  Dubus’  ordering  of  events  in  the  story?  How  would  the  effects  be  different  if  the  story  were  told  in  a  chronological  order?      

7. Describe  the  Flower  family  before  Frank’s  murder.  How  does  the  murder  affect  Matt?      

8. How  well  planned  is  Matt’s  revenge?  Why  does  he  lie  to  Richard  about  sending  him  out  west?      

9. Describe  Matt  at  the  end  of  the  story  when  he  tells  his  wife  about  the  killing.  How  do  you  think  this  revenge  killing  will  affect  the  Flower  family?      

10. How  might  “killings”  be  considered  a  love  story  as  well  as  a  murder  story?