SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS

  1. How does the description of the doctor's home emphasize character?
  2. What was the doctor's ability?
  3. How does the writer make the doctor a universal character as well as a local character?
  4. How does the writer produce humor?
  5. How does the writer arouse our respect for the doctor?
  6. How does the writer arouse our sympathy?
  7. What character trait does the anecdote reveal?
  8. Why does the writer use so much conversation in telling the anecdote?
  9. What advantage does the writer gain by ending the sketch so abruptly?
  10. How does the sketch affect the reader?