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"Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" by Roald Dahl

After reading the story do the following activities:
1. Analysis
With "Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" Dahl tells a story within a story. Analyse the language and stylistic devices used by the author paying attention to:
Setting
Characters
Dialogue
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Narrator
Figurative Language
Atmosphere
2. Comment / Discussion
Mrs Bixby says that she feels "a sort of eternal patient, someone who dwelt in the waiting room". What does this tell us about their married life?
After Mrs Bixby reads the Colonel's note, she experiences a variety of feelings that the author captures in single words and short sentences. Is this style of writing effective? Make a list of her changing emotions.
Write a character sketch of both husband and wife emphasizing their differences.
Does it depend on whether you are male or female when it comes to taking sides with either Mr or Mrs Bixby?

"Man from the South" by Roald Dahl

The narrator is lounging by a pool at a hotel when he meets a strange little South American man in a white suit. They are joined by an American boy and an English girl,
and the boy offers them all a cigarette. When he boasts that his lighter always lights, even in strong winds, the old man asks if he’s willing to bet on it. The boy is surprised but agrees to bet a dollar. The old man laughs and offers to up the stakes: If the boy can light his lighter ten times in a row, he will give him a brand new Cadillac. If the boy loses, the man will cut off the little finger of his left hand.
After some deliberation, the boy agrees to the bet. They all go up to the old man’s room where he prepares for the bet. The boy’s hand is tied to the desk with his little finger sticking out and the man holds a chopping knife at the ready. The boy makes his lighter light successfully eight times when the door suddenly opens and a woman rushes in yelling in Spanish. She says that she should not have left him alone and that he has already cut off fortyseven fingers in the place where they come from. She had managed to win everything from him, but it had taken her a long time. The last thing the narrator sees as he leaves the room is the woman’s hand … with only one finger and one thumb left on it.

After reading:
Write a different ending for Man from the South. The woman does not come into the room and stop the bet. Think about which man will win the bet and what will happen then.