questions page 88-94

page 89 questions
1) I imagine a guy and a girl stranded alone with nobody to help them. The tone I think being used is king of sad and negative.
2) Lines 2-4 make it seem as if the person is in a good mood and has a feeling of relief. The words "cleanly" and "free" support a positive tone.
3) The repetition of saying lovers should break it off emphasizes the author's point of view and shows how he feels. It adds feeling to him not believing in love.
4) I would not feel good about myself because the person wants nothing to do with me.
5) The last six lines make me think that the couple had a good relationship.
6) The "you" addressed in the poem is anybody who is reading the poem. The poem is written in first and second person point of view making it seem as if it is actually a conversation between two people.
7) Knowing the relationship between the author and person he wrote the poem about, it makes me think as if the author always had special feelings about the lady. He was not able to to express them personally so he wrote a poem to let people know how he feels without knowing it is completely about him and his life.

page 93-94 questions
1) The first two paragraphs make me think of a person camping in the woods alone with just their dog. When I first read that she became the dogs protector it made me think she was a lady who grew up in the wilderness. Maybe her father or brother brought her camping as a kid. She was used to being in the woods and was not bothered by noises or animals.
2) Paragraphs 3-6 do not alter the mood set by the first 2 paragraphs. The story stays peaceful and relaxed. The mood in the third section contrast the mood from the beginning because it shows how she is alert of her surroundings, maybe scared, because of the bear that is close.
3) After reading that sentence is makes me think that she is alone in the woods with no belongings. She is naked and has no clothes to keep warm.
4) Paragraphs 12-16 make the reader thinks she has always liked bears. Since she had a stuffed bear as a kid, she has always been interested in bears.
5) Her constructing a porch and moving a sofa on to the porch makes me think the bear is a good sight to look at. The lady wants to be comfortable to enjoy being around the bear.
6) Paragraphs 19-21 show different ways in which bears have been worshipped over time, whether it was by putting the bones back together after a feast or just making offerings to a bear's head. The reader's sense of danger builds in the seventh section by reading about different ways bears hurt other animals and humans.
7) Summer days on the calendar are marked with an X because those are the days bears are out. Winter days are not marked with an X because bears are in hibernation.
8) After reading paragraphs 32-41, I was somewhat surprised with the actions of the lady. In the beginning of the story she seemed as if she liked bears and had an interest in them since she was a child. When I found out she killed the bear it made me feel as if she was killing one of her interests, something that was a part of her since she was a child.
9) The last sentence about her digging up the bear and taking his claws does not surprise me after hearing stories that people told her about bears hurting or killing animals and humans with their claws. Since she was not hurt or killed by the bear's claws, she probably would like to keep them as a special memory to her surviving.