October in the Chair

Neil Gaiman uses descriptive imagery to develop his characters’ identities. Choose two of the months and analyze how Gaiman’s descriptions not only connect them to their months but develop their personalities. How do they differ from each other?

In “October in the Chair,” three of the months tell a story. Compare and contrast these stories and explain how each is representative of the month that told it.

This story is dedicated to Ray Bradbury and shares many similar themes with his stories. Read “Homecoming” from Ray Bradbury’s collection of supernatural short stories, The October Country, and identify and analyze two themes that both stories share.