Falling Action: The girls offer to buy Marilyn’s books for “For when you truly read poetry, poetry reads you” (75). her. Resolution: Marilyn gives them Selected Poems of Marianne Moore. Selected Quotes: “…though admittedly we were American middle class, and Caucasian, and female. (Yet we were not “conventional” females. In fact, we shared male contempt for the merely “conventional” female” (74). Please answer 4 of the 6 questions. “So many years later, I’m proud of us. We were so young. Discussion Questions: Young, headstrong, arrogant, insecure though “brilliant” “That magical evening of Marilyn Monroe, when I kissed – or so we’d been led to believe” (78). you for the first time” (79). What is the significance of the last quote in Three Girls “’Marilyn Monroe’ has entered history, and you have not. to the reader? What does it expose about the values of She will endure, though the young woman with the blond the girls? braid will die. And even should she wish to die, “Marilyn From your perspective, when is the climax? Monroe” cannot” (77). What is the moral/central theme of the story? “’She thinks she’s like us.’ You meant: a human being, Throughout the exposition, the author utilized point of view. What is the point of view? Is there more than one? anonymous. Female, like us. Amid the ordinary Identify the moments of suspense in the story. How do unspectacular customers (predominantly male) of the these contribute to the order of events in the plot? Strand” (77). Is the plot primary or secondary to character?
Falling Action: The girls offer to buy Marilyn’s books for her. Resolution: Marilyn gives them Selected Poems of Marianne Moore. Selected Quotes: “…though admittedly we were American middle class, and Caucasian, and female. (Yet we were not “conventional” females. In fact, we shared male contempt for the merely “conventional” female” (74). “So many years later, I’m proud of us. We were so young. Young, headstrong, arrogant, insecure though “brilliant” – or so we’d been led to believe” (78). “’Marilyn Monroe’ has entered history, and you have not. She will endure, though the young woman with the blond braid will die. And even should she wish to die, “Marilyn Monroe” cannot” (77). “’She thinks she’s like us.’ You meant: a human being, anonymous. Female, like us. Amid the ordinary unspectacular customers (predominantly male) of the Strand” (77). “For when you truly read poetry, poetry reads you” (75). Please answer 4 of the 6 questions. Discussion Questions: “That magical evening of Marilyn Monroe, when I kissed you for the first time” (79). What is the significance of the last quote in Three Girls to the reader? What does it expose about the values of the girls? From your perspective, when is the climax? What is the moral/central theme of the story? Throughout the exposition, the author utilized point of view. What is the point of view? Is there more than one? Identify the moments of suspense in the story. How do these contribute to the order of events in the plot? Is the plot primary or secondary to character?