Genre
Short Stories
Setting and Context
Modern day
Narrator and Point of View
Various perspectives including men, women, and children.
Tone and Mood
The stories of personal and often nostalgic.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The stories have different protagonists and antagonists.
Major Conflict
The conflict in "The Death of Robert Browning," is the imminence of Browning's death.
Climax
In "Shoes," the climax is when the shoes and wheelchair tracks are seen from the window.
Foreshadowing
Browning's death is foreshadowed at the beginning of the story and the title.
Understatement
The protagonist's dream is understated in "Dreams."
Allusions
The song "Annie Get Your Gun" is alluded to.
Imagery
The color yellow is described in great detail by the narrator of "Dreams."
Paradox
In "Shoes," the woman feels uncomfortable by the man's dancing, but she decides to sing along.
Parallelism
The dancing man and the woman in the wheelchair are paralleled in "Shoes."
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
