The Invalid’s StoryBy: Mark Twain

Talissa RomeroAustin Hayes

Kenneth SamsonJulian Garrett

MAJOR CONFLICTSPerson vs. NaturePerson vs. Nature: since they are versing the cold weather. The smell of the “corpse” is killing them so they have to go outside but sense its freezing out they get very ill and die from the cold. Person vs. Self: he is struggling with the loss of his good friend and having to take him to his parents in Wisconsin.

SETTINGThe setting is a train with few people in the cabin. The train was heading for Wisconsin and it was snowing.

THEME

General: Misunderstanding

Specific: they thought they would get sick from the smell but got sick from the cold.

LITERARY ELEMENTSForeshadowing: they are trying not to die, by the stench, but they end up dying of the cold.Irony: they didn’t want to get sick from the smell, but instead they got sick from the coldness. Conflict: they didn’t want to end up getting sick from the smell but ended up getting sick from the cold.

IMPORTANT POINTSThompson fell and landed on the awful smelling cheese and swallowed some and still thought it was the coffin.

They were so scared about getting sick from the smell that they went outside in the cold and ended up getting sick from the coldness.

QUIZ 1. Where was the train heading?

a. Wisconsin b. Boston c. Ohio

2. When did his childhood friend, John B. Hackett, die?

a. 10 years ago b. 15 years ago c. 2 years ago

3. What kind of cheese was it? a. Feta b. Blue c. Limburger

4. What was actually in the box? a. A dead body b. Paper

c. Rifles d. Toy soldiers

QUIZ CONTINUED 5. What were they afraid would happen if they went outside?

a. Get sick b. Get eaten by a bear c. Get left behind

6. Who wrote this book?a. Muhammad Ali b. J.K. Rowlingc. Mark Twain d. Edgar Allen Poe

7. Who starts a fire to keep warm?a. Hackett b. Thompson c. Deacon

ANSWERS

1. a. Wisconsin 2. c. 2 years ago3. c. Limburger cheese4. c. Rifles 5. a. Get sick6. c. Mark Twain7. b. Thompson