Questions on "The Blue Flower"

1."The Blue Flower" is a composition of description. Write down a quote from the text to prove this is a composition of description.

2."The Blue Flower" is also a composition of narration. Write down a quote from the text to prove this is a composition of narration.

3.This text begins in the real world. At what point is there a transition to the dream world? Quote the sentence where you think this transition occurs.

4. What kind of person does the dreamer seem to be? Note especially sentences which refer to his feelings and how he reacts based on his emotions.

5.This text might also well be called "Expectation." How does the idea of "expectation" relate to the dream of the young man?

6.In his introduction to "The Blue Flower," the American writer Henry Van Dyke notes that "The Blue Flower . . . I have used here to signify happiness, the satisfaction of the heart." How does the blue flower represent happiness? Could it symbolize anything else?