Nothing Ever Happens
Dorthy Canfield Fisher
Theme: "Actions speak louder than words."
Text Evidence: "-almost as if one action could make a natural channel along which other actions like it could flow more easily."
Summary: Mrs. Hunter lives near the top of a mountain in Vermont. She stays out of public afraid of humiliation because of her being half Indian. When Great-Grandmother hears this she's determined to make a new friend and invites her to church. Mrs.Hunter shows up Sunday with her best clothes but with an apron over them. To help her not be humiliated Great-grandmother quickly takes her daughter and grand daughter and puts aprons over there clothes to.
Characters: Great-Grandmother, Grandmother, Aunt, Mr. Hunter, and Mrs. Hunter.
Setting: The green mountains of Vermont.
Conflict: Person v.s. society.
Significant Literary Devices: Amplification
Point of View: Third person.
Text Evidence: "My aunt who was Great-Grandmother's granddaughter, and who was the little girl on the front porch that day, used to tell me, when I was a little girl, about what happened next.
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