1.a) Our gut reaction to Winter Oak is that it had a lot of meaning, but was dull and tedious. Some words and phrases we used to relate our thoughts on the story are as follows:
- Boring.
- Monotonous.
- No real conflict.
- No feeling.
- No real plot.
- Didn't invoke a strong reaction.
- There was a definite lesson to be learned.

1.b) Yuri Nagibin used different devices to evoke various reactions in us, some of these were:

The dialogue; it was concise yet boring but realistic for example, when Anna Vasilyevna was trying to teach the children their nouns. "A noun is a part of speech that denotes an object. In grammar an…" (Nagibin 59). Much of this dialogue is unnecessary; we the reader understands what goes on in the classroom, and two pages are not needed to establish nouns. Also, through dialogue Anna proved to be a snob. "'Good morning Anna Vasilyevna!' Frolov raised his fur hat above his solid, close-cropped head. ‘what are you doing! Put it back on......

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Title: Winter Oak - Yuri Nagibin
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