reading class

these are links of practice which you need to listen

"Life After Death" Link: http://themoth.org/posts/stories/life-after-death

"Elevator ER" Link: http://themoth.org/posts/stories/elevator-er

Please use information from the stories that we read (and listened to) to respond to the questions below. Try to be specific when you cite examples from the text (like adding a sentence directly from the text to support one of your answers).

"Elevator ER" by Jon Levin

1. How would you describe the narrator's (Jon's) personality in the beginning of the story? 

2. What about the narrator's personality changes when he is in the elevator and suddenly realizes that he's the one who needs to take charge of the situation?

3. What is the overall lesson that Jon (the narrator) learned from this experience? What information from the text shows this?

"Life After Death"- by Damien Echols

1. When Jon was on death row, who was the person who saved his life from the guards? 

2. How did this person save Damien's life?

3. When Jon was sentenced to death, how did he describe how he felt in that moment? 

4. According to Damien's story, what is an "Alford plea"?

5. Why did Damien take the "Alford plea"? 

6. Do you agree with his decision to take the plea? Why or why not?