Imagery

1. What scenes, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in your reading of the story?
           I like the scenes that Milicent was ask people on the bus that what they ate for their breakfast and then on man answer heather birds, Milicent was shock because the meaning of this bird is freedom and do what you want. So after she asked him she change her mind to stay with her friend and not to be one of the sorority.

2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
           That scene make me feel happy because I like how the man on the bus answer and make Milicent know what did she really want.

3. Which of your five sense did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?
           In this story make me feel of trust in myself and also trust in my decision. I need to listen to myself that what I really want not just do what others want me to do. I can associate this story to my life like when I have to make decision I should believe in myself and I should listen to myself. I think the author want the person who read this story to feel confident in their choice and be able to make their own decision.

4. How do you think your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
            This story tell moral about listening to yourself, and don't do what other want you to do. You need to follow yourself and do what you like.

Point of View

1. What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the character in the story, and refers to himself or herself as "I"? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?
          This story is told from a third-person perspective and narrator is not one of the characters in the story and also not participate in the events of the story.

2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
           Yes, the author telling the events in the story and each events have a clue to the ending. For example when Milicent ask a man on the bus that what did he eat for his breakfast and he answer he ate  heather birds and heather birds mean she has to listen to herself, what she really want.          

3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
           The narrator is reliable. She understand the character and also the event in the story because she can describe everything like the character's personality, what is this characters look like, the detail of each events in the story.

4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?
            He use point of view to tell each events in the story that what is happening and what is the result of that events to tell the ending of the story.            

Characters

1. Who is/are the main character in the story? What does the main Character look like?
          The main character is Millicent. I think she might look beautiful and dress well because she got invitation from sorority group.

2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/ she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/ she dependent on others for support?
          Milicent's situation is she got invitation from sorority group and she was very excited because they are only few people who got the invitation and this group is very popular in Lansing High School. In the story they didn't tell where is Milicent live or who is she living with. I think she doesn't depend on others because during the test before get in the sorority she doesn't has friend but she still can live and do many things.

3. What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings, their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main characters attitude toward his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?
          The characteristic of Milicent is she is a good follower, when senior tell her what to do to pass the test and can get in the sorority she listen and follow it. She also be a good friend, Her best friend is Tracy and she worry about her relationship with Tracy because she know that she will change after get into sorority group so she decide to choose her friend instead of choosing to be in that group.
          First character is a good follower, it's show when senior tell her to ask people in the bus what did they eat in the morning and she did it. Second characteristic is a good friend, it's show at the end of the story when she decide to choose her friend instead of choosing to be one of the sorority.
          Milicent is good girl. She doesn't angry when senior tell her to do something that cause her to feel ashamed. Milicent is a happy girl, she always smile and friendly to others.

4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is the conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
           She has conflict with herself. She was not sure that she should go into sorority or just be a normal girl and stay with her best friend. At the end she decide to disclaim and be a normal girl with her best friend.

5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?
            I don't think there is character that is develop character in this story.

Setting

Place: the geographical location of the story - a country or a city, a large city or a small village, indoors or outdoors, or both.
         In the story it doesn't tell the city that this story has occur. I think all of the events mostly happen in Lansing High.

2. Time: the period in history, the season of the year, the day of the month, and/or the hour of the day in which the events of the story occur.
          In the story it also doesn't tell the season of the year. I know that it happen on October and the climax happen on Friday night.

3. Social environment: the location of characters and events in a particular society and/or a particular social class (lover, middle, or upper class)
          I think most of the characters are in upper class because the character is in Lansing High School and after I read I think this school has only rich person.

Plot

What is the story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?

      A college student is going through rush recognizes that when the sorority rejects one of her friends because she was different, she then decides that she also doesn't want to join the sorority. In making that decision, she recognizes that her friendship was more important to her than subscribing to the sorority's exclusive values.

 2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?

      No, the story starts with almost the end of the story and then goes back to the middle of the story.

 3. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?

      There are flashbacks in the story. First they start with almost the end of the story and then they tell why it is happen like that.

4. Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?

     I think it slow-paced because it tells every detail about each event.

5. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?

     I think the action of Millicent that makes the plot go forward. Like I said before the story tell more about what Millicent has to do to get in the sorority group and it tell each of the event that she does so her action is the one that make the plot go forward.  

6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?

      I don’t think it has conflicts in the story. Most of the story tells about what Millicent has to do to get in the sorority group.

7. What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur?

      The climax of the story is when Millicent changes her mind to not enter the sorority group because she thinks that her friendship with her friend is more important to her.

8. Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?
      
      All the episodes are relevant to each other. In the story it tells about one event that leads to another event and also reaches until the end of the story. The effect of the story is come from the event that happens in the story.

9. What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?

     She coincidence meets with a guy in the bus and he tells her about heather birds. The heather birds represent the freedom and the bird can fly wherever they want like they can make their own action without anyone telling them to do it. After Millicent listen to that man it’s made her change her mind to not enter in the sorority group anymore.

Initiation