The Red Fox Fur Coat

Go back into the text. The word predator was said to keep “bobbing insistently about” in the woman’s mind. Do you think the woman in the story should be considered the predator or the prey? In other words, do you think the bank clerk has been taken over by some external force (making her the prey) or is she returning to her true self (as the predator/fox)?

Capture your responses by writing two complex sentences that begin with although, which is a subordinating conjunction that indicates a contrast. One sentence should capture your response and the other sentence should capture your partner’s.

HINTS:

Although signals a contrast, so the second part of the sentence should provide contrasting information.

Use a comma to signal the transition.

Example:

Although the bank clerk of Gersão’s “The Red Fox Fur Coat” eventually evolves into a predator herself,....,,,,,,,,,she originally falls prey to.............