By the end of the story, what new perspective has Varma developed on his "devoted son"?

(a) Why does the family decide to make sacrifices for Rakesh's education?
(b) Was this decision unwise? Explain.

(a) How does the shame that the young woman feels reveal an inner conflict, one in which she struggles with herself?
(b) Why might she explain her inner "void" differently from the way she once did?

Use an organizer like the one shown to analyze your responses to events in the story and the devices Bowen uses to elicit them.

Evaluate Rakesh's decisions concerning his father's diet. Consider Rakesh's motives, the effect of his decisions on his father, and your own ideas of what is reasonable.

(a) In what two ways might events in the story be interpreted?
(b) Does the evidence favor one over the other? Explain.

Respond: At the end of the story, with whom do you sympathize more-Rakesh or his father, Varma? Explain.

Why does a conflict erupt between the young woman and her husband when he buys the lion at such a low price?

Choose the letter of the correct term or concept below to complete the sentence. a. psychobiologist b. hypothesis c. structuralist d. functionalist e. behaviorist f. theory g. clinical psychologist h. developmental psychologist i. experimental psychology j. industrial/ organizational psychology. A(n)_________ wants to learn how various mental processes help people adapt to their environment.

(a) Recall: In "When I Was One-and-Twenty," what advice does the speaker receive, and how does he react?
(b) Interpret: What clues are there in the poem that Housman is mocking his speaker?

(a) Recall: In "To an Athlete," what are three advantages of dying, young, according to the speaker?
(b) Interpret: Does the speaker entirely mean what he says about these advantages? Explain.

(a) Find two passages that contrast the familiar with the eerie. In each, what allows the strange to "leak into" the familiar?
(b) What do these passages suggest about Bowen's view of the fragility of life?

Speculate: Judging by "God's Grandeur," would Hopkins support the ecology movement if he were alive today? Explain.

(a) Recall: According to Hopkins in "God's Grandeur," what has been the impact on nature of humanity's behavior?
(b) Analyze: What opposition or conflict does he explore in lines 1-8 of "God's Grandeur"?
(c) Draw Conclusions: How does Hopkins resolve that opposition?