At this point she is no longer a young woman, but has become old in appearance. ... As the transition from the second part of the story into the third part occurs, the narrator describes her last journey into town to trade her meager goods for food. ... He states, "I knew all about it afterward, when I grew to be a man, because once in a woods in Illinois, on another Winter night, I saw a pack of dogs just like that. The dogs were waiting for me to die just as they had waited for the old woman that night- (28). ... Most likely, the animals on the old woman's farm will die within days of h...

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• Grade Level: High School