The Men in the Storm

At the beginning of the story Crane describes mainly the

• setting

• plot

• main character

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The setting of the story may be described

• during a winter storm

• in a big city

• in a rural area

• during the night

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Evidence of what the pedestrians are thinking

• "tales of childhood"

• their next vacations

• "the familiar colors of home"

• "speeding ...to a variety of shelters"

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The author uses the word "men" to point out that

• all were male characters

• there is no specific main character

• they were all poor

• they were thinking differently

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The description of "their hands stuffed deep in their pockets" is evidence of

• the conflict

• the social class of these men

• the severity of the weather

• the education of these men

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A conclusion about the way Crane describes the men in the street is that

• they represent the oppressed masses

• they represent the upper class

• they are just caught in the storm

• they are looking for their families

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The "men of industry" were the

• ones working in factories

• healthy not yet ground down by their poverty

• ones sleeping in shelters

• weak ones who can't find jobs

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The men who were angry at the world were the

• ones living in boarding houses

• long-term poor

• the industry men

• the business men

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The men were pushed against the

• doors

• wall

• railroad

• store front

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The dialect used by the men shows

• their natural, everyday speech

• the chaos of the mass

• the high level of education

• their ancestry

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3