Laura E. Richards Portfolio
Please read the short story in the link and answer the following questions.
1. Have you ever heard of Laura Richard’s name? Why so?
2. Richards was very popular in her time. Now no one reads her. Why do you think she is no more popular?
3. What kind of a short story is “Little Benjamin”? How would you label it?
4. What is the moral lesson of the story?
5. Golden family is full of love. But how about gender stereotypes the family maintain?
6. If you were to make a movie of the short story, what kind of background music would you use?