Author: H.G. Wells
1. Who is the protagonist? What is their want or desire? What are some character traits that are important to note about this protagonist?
The protagonist is a character named The Little Man. Their wants and desires is to always wear the beautiful suit his mother made him but to also keep it well kept and tidy. Some of the traits The Little Man has is that he has nightmares of ruining his suit and that he is obsessed with the suit his mother made for him.
2. Is there an antagonist? If so, what are they trying to stop the protagonist from achieving and why? If there is not an antagonist, what is the conflict for the protagonist and what force is stopping them?
This story does not have a clear antagonist. The only person opposing The Little Man is his mother when she stops him from wearing his suit everyday and only allows him to wear it on weekends. Another force that is in conflict with The Little Man is his own thoughts and dreams. His thoughts battle with him everyday to wear the suit even though there is a risk of him damaging it. His dreams are scaring him to believe that because he does not touch his suit, it slowly loses its color and brightness that it had when it was first given to him.
3. What is the theme of the story? Which techniques are used in order to develop the message within this story?
The theme of the story is finding self enlightenment. The Little Man as unhappy that he could not wear his suit everyday until finally in the end he decided the he should just prance about in a garden with his suit on to his death. He finally didn't care about what his mother would say or what happened to the suit. He just decided to wake up and run around happy for his final moments on earth.
4. What is the author’s tone within the story? Which techniques help develop the author’s voice?
The authors tone of the story is as if he is looking inside of The Little Mans mind. He writes the story according to how The Little Man goes about his days up until his death at the end of the story. The author keeps his tone very wishful and scared at the same time since the story is about a man scared for the safety of his suit as well as his constant desire to wear it.
5. What is the crisis action in this story? Does the protagonist achieve in getting what they want? What to they realize and how do they change?
The crisis action of the story is when The Little Man goes insane in the end and in his own way finds nirvana within himself. He decides to wake up one night and put on his suit and frolic in thorny bushes destroying the suit he tried so hard to preserve. He changes in that he finally dosent care what happens to his suit and he becomes blissful and at peace with himself and his surroundings until he dies of a broken neck because he fell into a stone pit.
6. What did you enjoy about this story?
What I enjoyed about this story is that it went from some boring story about a boy and his suit to something much more entertaining like that same boy going insane and frolicking through his garden and into a duckweed pond and dancing around about how much he loves his suit.
The little man did not shout nor sing for all his infinite gladness. He stood for a time like one awe-stricken, and then, with a queer small cry and holding out his arms, he ran out as if he would embrace at once the whole warm round immensity of the world. He did not follow the neat set paths that cut the garden squarely, but thrust across the beds and through the wet, tall, scented herbs, through the night stock and the nicotine and the clusters of phantom white mallow flowers and through the thickets of southern-wood and lavender, and knee-deep across a wide space of mignonette. He came to the great hedge and he thrust his way through it, and though the thorns of the brambles scored him deeply and tore threads from his wonderful suit, and though burs and goosegrass and havers caught and clung to him, he did not care. He did not care, for he knew it was all part of the wearing for which he had longed. "I am glad I put on my suit," he said; "I am glad I wore my suit."
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