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Gaston discussion
questions

Answer the questions with complete sentences

1. Describe the setting of the story:

2. What did you think of the line she sat across from the man who would have been a total stranger
except that he was in fact her father. What does this tell you about the characters?

3. Who is Gaston? What does Gaston symbolize?

4. Why was the fathers reaction to Gaston so strange? How would you react to Gaston?

5. Why does the girls attitude toward Gaston change?

6. What do you think about the mothers reaction to Gaston? Why does the girl change her mind about
things after she talks with her mother?
7. What do you think of the parents in the story? Are they each good parents? Is one better than the
other? Explain why you react the way you do to them.

8. The girl no longer cried out loud because she thought that if you ever started to cry it seemed as if
there was so much to cry about you almost couldnt stop. What does this tell us about the little girl?

9.What does the last paragraph of the story tell us about the father?