A Worn Path

I liked Phoenix Jackson's strength and her fearlessness in the face of danger. (ex. she tells foxes and wild animals to get out of her way!) she's so determined to to finish what she started that even when she struggles to remember exactly why she came to town, she pushes forward to accomplish her task. She exudes self confidence and bravery along the journey that isn't expected in an elderly lady and that demands admiration from the readers.

The Man In the Black Suit

I liked the way Stephen King made the story stretched and sluggish to keep to the pace of the old man telling the story. I also liked the the way he showed the old man's vivid and detailed memory of the man in the black suit in contrast to remembering his granddaughters name!

Young Goodman Brown

I thought Young Goodman Brown was kind of depressing. Here was this guy who suddenly finds out that every one he knows aren't who they seem to be. All those who he thought were holy and righteous, were suddenly made out to be dark and evil. Even if it might have been a dream, Goodman spent the rest of his life living by it as if it were reality and wasted his life away to it.

The Nekclace

I disliked The Necklace. there was almost a whinny tone of a woman who thought she deserved more in life for absolutely no reason. she wasn't born to high class, didn't marry high class and she didn't work hard to achieve a higher class. It says in the story that at the ball everyone noticed her and wanted to dance with her, which seems to raise the question as to why she didn't try to get noticed earlier on and marry into a higher station instead of letting herself be married off. i don't think her beauty at the ball had anything to do with real beauty, rather her self confidence and the way she held herself was what attracted others to her