20 pages 40 minutes read

Tobias Wolff

Say Yes

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1985

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Essay Topics

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How does light and its absence function within the story?

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What do the “two mutts” outside the house signify? Why does the husband decide not to “heave rocks at them,” as he usually does?

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Why do we know the wife’s name, but not the husbands? What does this add to her character or the story? Why does the narration refuse to name either character?

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