Characterization. For what reasons do you like Taillandy? Wherein lies the significance of “Feet of Gold”? Read the final story in this series, “At the End of the Road,” and observe whether the author has kept Taillandy’s character consistent. Take note of the characters who know Taillandy in the present narrative, observe the feeling each has for him, and see how well Mr. Smith has used their opinions to emphasize Taillandy’s character as described. What does Taillandy think of each of the other characters?
By what means has the author chiefly pictured Diane? How has she been enhanced by the two settings? What interaction have character and setting throughout the story?
Details. What value has the following statement as compared with the more direct one, “Taillandy was generous”?
“Of that thousand francs Taillandy spent seven hundred and ninety-six during the next four days—ninety-six, possibly, on himself, and the balance on his friends.”
What other characteristic is implied, also?
Study the management of suspense (pages 313, 314, 315). Why are you held waiting?
Why (on page 317) did Taillandy whisper to the driver?
Why (page 298) did Diane weep at the mention of Madame Nicolas’s name?
What place references keep the locale before you?
How in the speeches and manner of the characters are you kept aware of the French race?