What double purpose has the author in describing Jo’s bedroom (page 227)?
Point out striking examples of economy. An excellent one, for naturalness, suggestive power, and mere word-saving is to be found in the telephone message (page 225). Economy, in general, is also bound up with the operation of the excellent proportion.
What quality of style is most marked in Miss Ferber’s stories? How is it achieved?
BLIND VISION
Plot.
Initial Incident: Esmé attempts to fly to Brander, dying. Motivation for the incident lies in Esmé’s friendship for Brander.
Steps toward Dramatic Climax: Esmé is attacked by a German plane; in the struggle the two planes fall inside the German lines. Esmé is tortured. At length, he consents to take up a photographer.
Dramatic Climax: Esmé throws out the photographer.
Steps toward Climax of Action: He arrives inside the lines of the allies. He tells his story to Marston, his friend, who shocked at Esmé’s defection, declares him a murderer. Esmé, in turn, is appalled; he is unable to understand Marston’s different code. Marston walks out of the tent.
Climax of Action: Esmé returns to the German lines, to “render a life for a life.”