Dance and Leila S Attitude
“Her first ball” by Katherine Mansfield 1921 questions
1- How does Leila’s attitude change at night?
-She used to be a shy country girl. She was an innocent girl that came from the countryside and never went to a ball because the nearest neighboured was fifteen miles away. When she arrived the place looked “heavenly”.
2- Why is Leila so excited to go to the ball? - She is excited to go to the ball because she has never assist to one before
3- Give five details about the ballroom and the decoration inside. Give some contrasting details to show Leila’s life style.
-The ballroom had golden floors, azaleas, lanterns, and a stage at the end with a red carpet, gilt chairs and a band.
-The boarding school she studied at had dusty smelling halls, calico texts on the walls.
4- How does Leila react to the old man first approach her? What did he do?
-Leila felt ashamed and replied, “oh please don’t bother”
5- Explain how Meg shows her friends that Leila is from the countryside.
-She introduced her as my “little cousin from the countryside”
6- State the way Leila felt invisible.
-Leila felt invisible because at the beginning of the ball no one asked her to dance.
7- Describe Leila’s first dancing partner.
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8- What did Leila talk about with her partner and why?
-Leila and her first partner talk about the floor of the ballroom. After that they had a brief conversation about the ball and how it was Leila’s first one.
9- Why did Leila and her partner go out after the dance?
- He was a nice man but he didn’t talk to Leila that much. He had a tenuous voice. 10-What happened in this interlude (of ice) -Leila saw the fat old man; he was waiting for her at the door. 11-how does that fat man lower Leila’s self-esteem? Give three details. How did Leila escape from the fat man? -The old man told her that no one wanted to kiss her and that her future was going to be miserable and not happy. He felt sorry for her.
1- How does Leila’s attitude change at night?
-She used to be a shy country girl. She was an innocent girl that came from the countryside and never went to a ball because the nearest neighboured was fifteen miles away. When she arrived the place looked “heavenly”.
2- Why is Leila so excited to go to the ball? - She is excited to go to the ball because she has never assist to one before
3- Give five details about the ballroom and the decoration inside. Give some contrasting details to show Leila’s life style.
-The ballroom had golden floors, azaleas, lanterns, and a stage at the end with a red carpet, gilt chairs and a band.
-The boarding school she studied at had dusty smelling halls, calico texts on the walls.
4- How does Leila react to the old man first approach her? What did he do?
-Leila felt ashamed and replied, “oh please don’t bother”
5- Explain how Meg shows her friends that Leila is from the countryside.
-She introduced her as my “little cousin from the countryside”
6- State the way Leila felt invisible.
-Leila felt invisible because at the beginning of the ball no one asked her to dance.
7- Describe Leila’s first dancing partner.
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8- What did Leila talk about with her partner and why?
-Leila and her first partner talk about the floor of the ballroom. After that they had a brief conversation about the ball and how it was Leila’s first one.
9- Why did Leila and her partner go out after the dance?
- He was a nice man but he didn’t talk to Leila that much. He had a tenuous voice. 10-What happened in this interlude (of ice) -Leila saw the fat old man; he was waiting for her at the door. 11-how does that fat man lower Leila’s self-esteem? Give three details. How did Leila escape from the fat man? -The old man told her that no one wanted to kiss her and that her future was going to be miserable and not happy. He felt sorry for her.