1. Paragraph 1- Tell me something about the setting. You know this is going to a mysterious or suspenseful story. So, this author uses contrast to create more suspense. This means the setting is going not going to be dark and mysterious. 2. Paragraph 2- Make a prediction about why the author mentioned stones so many times. Why are the children collecting them?

3. Paragraph 3-What kind of mood is created by the author? Provide examples.

4. Paragraph 4- Find a symbol in this paragraph. Remember that a symbol can be a color, picture, or word that can represent something else.

5. Paragraph 4- Look at the last line and make a prediction of what Mr. Summers is doing.

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answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.