Which class do our characters originally fit into? (the diamond necklace)

upper class
middle class
lower class

Chapters 3–5 while reading, think about… author’s purpose/point of view symbolism communication between characters —ethan frome

Can someone “think of a time you overcame a challenge or obstacle. describe the experience in two or three sentences”

How does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality? the nurse’s willingness to take care of nora when nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work. the nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself. the fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever. the nurse’s assurance to nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.