Kimberly Switzer

The two most intriguing powers to me are the third, “Stories help us to see through the eyes of other people,” and the fifth, “to educate our desires.” The magic of stories lies in that third...

The first time that Heidi goes up the mountain with Peter and the goats, we get a good portrayal of Peter’s job as a goat herd. He is described as whistling and calling to the goats, swinging his...

Elizabeth had work of her own to do while the tree house was being built, so she kept quite busy. She helped in the building of the tree house by securing planks with ropes so they could be hoisted...

Giovanni sighs in the opening of the story from a mixture of emotions. He is “a young man for the first time out of his sphere,” so he has never been away from home before, and he is homesick. He...

Knowing that the narrator is speaking directly to you as the reader and giving only his perception of what happened leads to questions of whether or not he is a reliable narrator and lends an air...