Reread Text Five to speak on the following points of its style.

a) The story is told in the form of a letter. Is it a modem or an old-fashioned form? (Prove your point) What is the author's purpose in resorting to it? Point out some of the characteristic features of the style resulting from the choice.

b) What is gained by telling the story in the first person? How does the fact in fluence the mood and atmosphere of the narration?

c) What impression do you form of the character of Sylvia Barrett from her let ter? Is she detached in her attitude to the facts she describes? Prove your point.

d) What method(s) of characterization does the author use?