One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts Group

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lucyqueen
lucyqueen
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High School - 9th Grade

What is the conflict of the story, "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts"?

what is the climax?

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Posted by lucyqueen on Tuesday March 18, 2008 at 6:46 AM and tagged with conflict, one ordinary day, with peanuts, themes.

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  1. chloemink Student

    Jackson's technique in many of her stories consists of slowly building up a somewhat commonplace tale about quite commonplace people, then suddenly introducing at the end of the story an ironic shift that will leave readers pondering.

    Shirley Jackson's stories often deal with the interplay of good and evil, as this story does. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde types. As Jackson presents him, Mr. Johnson is tiresomely good. However, one can find clues in the story to suggest that he is not always this way.When Mr. Johnson tells his wife that he had veal cutlet for lunch, he is beginning on the other phase of his personality.

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    Posted by chloemink on Tuesday March 18, 2008 at 3:29 PM

  2. aly484
    aly484 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    Durring the day he makes random acts of kindness. When he comes home he talks to his wife and her day was the exact opisite of his.When the say "do you want to switch" they mean that they switch "being kind to not be"

             moral: people are not who the seem

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    Posted by aly484 on Wednesday December 10, 2008 at 3:01 PM