Hearts and Hands by O.

Henry
L8.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character,
or provoke a decision.
RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.

Directions: Please use 3 different colored highlighters (one for each character in the chart below) and as you read
Hearts and Hands, highlight any information you learn about each character. Then complete the chart below.
Character

Physical
Characteristics and
Personality

What the character says

or thinks (include direct

Characters actions

A very pretty young

women Elegant taste
and surrounded by all
the luxurious comforts

And so now you know

are one of these dashing
Western heros, and you
ride and shoot and go
into all kinds of danger.

The glad look in the

girl's eyes slowly
changed to a bewildered
horror,

I see youre acquainted

with the marshall here

(include direct quotes)

quotes)

Words and actions of

other characters
(include direct quotes)

(include direct quotes)

Miss Fairchild

Money isnt everything.

But some people always
misunderstand things
and remain stupid.
Mr. Easton

Handsome, bold, frank,

countenance of manner

Money has a way a way

of taking wing unto itself
and you know it takes
money to keep step with
our crowd in
Washington.

Seemed to struggle with

a slight embarrassment
Raised his right hand
bound to the wrist by the
shining bracelet to the
left one of his
companion.

Dont you ever recognize

old friends when you
meet them in the west.

Other man

Ruffled, glum faced

All marshalls are

The glum faced man

Why-oh didnt you catch

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person, heavily built,
and roughly dressed

handcuffed themselves
to their prisoners to
keep them from getting
away. Mr Easton knows
Its seven years for
counterfeiting.

had been watching the

girls countenance wit
veiled glances from his
keen shrewd eyes.

on. Say-did you ever

know that an officer to
handcuff a prisoner to his
right hand.

Based on the characterization above what can you infer about the characters?
I can infer about the characters above that Mr. Easton is the prisoner going to the prison for counterfeiting. The real marshall,
the other man, is covering for him because he can see that Miss. Fairchild really seems to look up to Mr. Easton and he
already has him in custody so why bother have an old friend see him as a criminal.
Explain the plot twist at the end of the story using text evidence:

The plot twist plot in the end is that you learn Mr. Easton is really the criminal. They talk about it from the beginning when
they first see each other, Mr. Easton seems embarrassed. After Miss. Fairchild calls him out it says, The younger man roused
himself sharply at the sound of her voice, seemed to struggle with embarrassment. He wasn't expecting to see someone he
knew on the train, let alone a young women. It says the the glum-faced man was watching her after Mr. Easton had shown the
handcuffs, and said I see you're acquainted with the marshall Hes taking me to Leavenworth prison. Its seven years for
counterfeiting. They talk throughout the story about money. Mr. Easton even says, Money has a way of taking wings unto
itself and you know it takes money to keep step with our crowd in Washington. Saying how its very costly to live in
Washington, Miss. Fairchild responds to that by saying, Money everything. But people always misunderstand and remain
stupid- to where the other man cuts her off. She is saying how money can make someone do something stupid, like
counterfeiting. And then there is what the person says at the end which makes everything a little more clear, in the beginning
Mr. Easton raises his right hand which is handcuffed, to where Miss. Fairchild response seems to be bewildered. At the end,
two other passengers are talking after one mentions that Mr.Easton is the marshall one of them says. Why-oh! Didnt you
catch on? Say-did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand? Saying that Mr. Easton is the one who
was the criminal because his right hand was cuffed and that the other man was covering for him because he knew the young
women.

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RL.8.1: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
Not Yet Meeting
Struggled to explain
what the text directly
says as well as the
meaning behind the
text. Did not identify
evidence from the text.

Approaching Standard
Explained what the text
directly says as well as the
meaning behind the text.
Identified evidence, but not
necessarily the strongest
evidence.

Meeting Standard
Explained what the text directly says as well as
the meaning behind the text. Identified the
evidence that most strongly supports this
analysis.

Exceeding Standard
Explained what the text directly says as well as
the meaning behind the text. Identified the
evidence that most strongly supports this
analysis AND proposed an argument for why this
is evidence is the strongest.

RL.8.3: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or
provoke a decision.
Not Yet Meeting

Approaching Standard

Meeting Standard

Exceeding Standard

Struggled to identify where

particular lines of dialogue or
events in a story or drama propel
the action, reveal aspects of a
character, or cause a certain
decision to be made

Identified where particular lines

of dialogue or events in a story
or drama propel the action,
reveal aspects of a character, or
cause a certain decision to be
made, but did not explain how.

Explained how particular lines of

dialogue or events in a story or drama
propel the action, reveal aspects of a
character, or cause a certain decision to
be made

Explained how particular lines of dialogue or

events in a story or drama propel the action,
reveal aspects of a character, or cause a
certain decision to be made AND supported
an argument for how this is important to the
overall story