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When Sis first walks into the sun parlor, what is her reaction?
She is amazed and says it is the prettiest room she has ever seen.
Why does the narrator keep Sis out of the sun parlor?
She worries that all the effort she put into fixing the room might be ruined.
Why does the aunt feel uncomfortable spending time in the sun parlor?
Being in that room makes her feel separated from the rest of the household. The tall windows give her uneasy, even frightening, feelings.
In the passage where the narrator says, “I threw my whole soul into the project… worked with such diligence and painstaking care that… I felt I had painted the Sistine Chapel,” what does the word diligence most nearly mean?
Precise, careful effort over time
When the narrator describes the aunt as looking “ten years younger” and “bouncing with energy,” what does the word rejuvenation most likely mean in this context?
Becoming youthful again
In “The Sun Parlor,” what lesson does the narrator learn about the value of children compared to houses, and which passage best expresses this realization?
Children matter more than houses. The passage is “The summer she was eight was the one time I forgot that a child is not subordinate to a house.”
