Discussion Questions

 

1. Who is the narrator of “Mary”?

 

2. What personal feelings does she reveal?

 

3. What was the prize Mary won for the poetry contest?

 

4. How did she win it?

 

5. That evening, why was Kass so miserable?

 

6. What did Kass intend to do when she went over to Mary’s bed?

 

7. Instead, what did the narrator do? Why?

 

8. In what ways would the story be different if Mary were the narrator?