Analysis the Web
The web, by Anna Lee Walters
Questions
Understanding
1. Who are the main characters?
Hilda and Edith her former employer. 2. Where and when does this story take place do you think?
In Hildas house at night and Edith’s café in the past. 3. Describe the setting of the story.
It starts with the spiders spinning webs all over Hildas house both inside and out, but in reality the webs are symbolic to how Hilda feels Edith has behaved towards Hilda and every else around Edith. 4. Describe the relationship between Hilda and the spiders.
She is not afraid of them, but on the other hand she does not want them to close. 5. Why have the spiders moved in on Hilda?
The spiders have come to teach her how to approach Edith and end their relationship. 6. How does Lou react to the spiders?
She laughs when Hilda tells Lou about them because she does not like them herself. 7. What is wrong with Hilda according to Lou?
She is like and old Indian making too much fuss about them. 8. Describe the relationship between Hilda and Edith.
At first Hilda likes Edith a lot but soon finds out how Edith almost feed on people, their stories and inner thoughts. Hilda backs away from Edith but Edith will not let her do that and ends up stalking Hilda. 9. What is the relationship between the first part of the story about Hilda and the spiders and the second about Hilda and Edith?
The spiders are doing the same to Hilda as Edith did, they move in on her, taking over her space and life completely, but Hilda swipes them away and out of her life.
Analysis 1. Find examples of cultural differences in the text and comment on them.
Lou is the opposite of Edith. 2. Comment on the ending of the story. What is going to happen now and how does this ending affect your understanding of the story?
I believe Hilda is going to end her relationship with Edith once and for all which makes the story more obvious to me, the ending is “a happy ending” for
Questions
Understanding
1. Who are the main characters?
Hilda and Edith her former employer. 2. Where and when does this story take place do you think?
In Hildas house at night and Edith’s café in the past. 3. Describe the setting of the story.
It starts with the spiders spinning webs all over Hildas house both inside and out, but in reality the webs are symbolic to how Hilda feels Edith has behaved towards Hilda and every else around Edith. 4. Describe the relationship between Hilda and the spiders.
She is not afraid of them, but on the other hand she does not want them to close. 5. Why have the spiders moved in on Hilda?
The spiders have come to teach her how to approach Edith and end their relationship. 6. How does Lou react to the spiders?
She laughs when Hilda tells Lou about them because she does not like them herself. 7. What is wrong with Hilda according to Lou?
She is like and old Indian making too much fuss about them. 8. Describe the relationship between Hilda and Edith.
At first Hilda likes Edith a lot but soon finds out how Edith almost feed on people, their stories and inner thoughts. Hilda backs away from Edith but Edith will not let her do that and ends up stalking Hilda. 9. What is the relationship between the first part of the story about Hilda and the spiders and the second about Hilda and Edith?
The spiders are doing the same to Hilda as Edith did, they move in on her, taking over her space and life completely, but Hilda swipes them away and out of her life.
Analysis 1. Find examples of cultural differences in the text and comment on them.
Lou is the opposite of Edith. 2. Comment on the ending of the story. What is going to happen now and how does this ending affect your understanding of the story?
I believe Hilda is going to end her relationship with Edith once and for all which makes the story more obvious to me, the ending is “a happy ending” for