The Wife's Story by Ursula Le Guin
The Wife’s Story
Ursula Le Guin is a prolific author of science fiction and fantasy. She started out being a French teacher in college and started writing as a hobby. She has won many awards in science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and even non-fiction. “The Wife’s Story” is a story about a metamorphosis. Please read the story and answer the questions. The story is in the American Literature book on page 207. It can also be found online at:
http://www.thinkage.ca/~jim/raygun.htm
□1. Read the story.
□2. Answer the questions below on another piece of paper. The answers should be complete sentences.
□3. Ask for the prompt for the final project.
1. Who do you think is speaking at the beginning of the story?
2. What details imply that the husband is a really good father?
3. Prior to the husband’s transformation what passages indicate that his character is altering?
4. What does the wife’s husband change into?
5. What happens to the husband after his change?
6. How does the wife feel about the change in her husband?
7. Who or what is the wife? How do you know?
8. Do you think that the husband is responsible for his change?
9. What happens at the end of the story?
10. How did the husband’s transformation affect the family?
11. What is the setting of the story?
12. How does the story end?
13. What is the metamorphosis in this story and how is the point of view unusual?
Ursula Le Guin is a prolific author of science fiction and fantasy. She started out being a French teacher in college and started writing as a hobby. She has won many awards in science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and even non-fiction. “The Wife’s Story” is a story about a metamorphosis. Please read the story and answer the questions. The story is in the American Literature book on page 207. It can also be found online at:
http://www.thinkage.ca/~jim/raygun.htm
□1. Read the story.
□2. Answer the questions below on another piece of paper. The answers should be complete sentences.
□3. Ask for the prompt for the final project.
1. Who do you think is speaking at the beginning of the story?
2. What details imply that the husband is a really good father?
3. Prior to the husband’s transformation what passages indicate that his character is altering?
4. What does the wife’s husband change into?
5. What happens to the husband after his change?
6. How does the wife feel about the change in her husband?
7. Who or what is the wife? How do you know?
8. Do you think that the husband is responsible for his change?
9. What happens at the end of the story?
10. How did the husband’s transformation affect the family?
11. What is the setting of the story?
12. How does the story end?
13. What is the metamorphosis in this story and how is the point of view unusual?