A Ghost Story Lesson 6 and HOMEWORK 6

"A Ghost Story"
by Mark Twain
PART SIX

Aim: Why did the end of Mark Twain's ghost story not meet our expectations?

Re-read the last page of the story.

1- If the narrator had known from the beginning that the house was haunted by the Cardiff Giant, why would he have not been scared?
2-lf Mark Twain had said from the beginning that the house was haunted by the Cardiff Giant, how would it have changed the story?
3- The Cardiff Giant turned out to be in the wrong place. Why was he haunting the narrator's house?
4- If the narrator had not recognized the giant. Would he still have been afraid?
5- In real life, both of the Cardiff Giants on display were phony. There never was a Cardiff Giant. Why do you think the man who claimed to have discovered it
pulled off this hoax?
Write a short story about a trick or joke you played or had played on you. (1/2 page)