Briefly answer the following questions on these short stories...

Briefly answer the following questions on these short stories

"Parker's Back," by Flannery O'Connor, p. 423

                                    "Sonny's Blues," by James Baldwin, p. 48.

                                    "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant, p. 233

1. What is significant about Parker "leaning against the tree, crying like a baby" at the end of "Parker's Back"?

2. In "Sonny's Blues" what does the narrator's mother ask him to do for Sonny? Does the older brother keep his promise? How so?

3. In "Sonny's Blues" what is the older brother's profession? What does it suggest about his personality?

4. In "The Necklace" what does the necklace symbolize at first? What does it symbolize by the end?

5. What is ironic about the conclusion of "The Necklace"?