Leslie Marmon Silko, “The Man to Send Rain Clouds”
1. What is the tone of the story?
Does the tone change with the story’s events or remain fixed? How does the tone contribute to the effect of the story? Explain.
2. What is the plot of the story?
Does the sequence of events that make up the plot emerge logically from the nature of the characters and circumstances? Does the plot rely on coincidences and arbitrary events? Does the structure of the plot contribute to or detract from the narrative? How so?