Describe the main features of the setting in the passage from chapter 9 on page 6. Include what this place looks like, how the description of the place makes you feel, and what time of year you think is being described. Answer the following questions about the previous passage:
What does this passage from chapter 10 on page 7 tell us about Dickon?
How does Mary react to him?
Is there anything special about what Dickon says or how he speaks?
Where are Mary and Dickon having their conversation, and how does this place contribute to what they discuss?
Write your own brief description of a place that has a special meaning for you, or write a brief character study of someone you know well. Be clear in your writing so that the place or the person can be shown to your reader in a way that makes him or her feel they're in the setting you describe, or are able to see the character.