someone please answer these questions about The scythe by ray bradbury
What is the general plot of the story and how does it progress? Be sure to identify the exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution. Additionally, what is the central conflict of the story?
What message about fate does the story communicate to readers? Which moments in the story help highlight this message? Give multiple sentences.
What pieces of information about the wheat and Drew's role/obligation does Bradbury withhold from readers throughout most of the story to help build suspense? How does withholding this info build tension in the piece for the reader---what questions does he leave them with and inspire them to seek out answers for? Give multiple sentences.
First, explain the setting of this story. Then, explain how this story would fall apart if it was set in another location. For example, why couldn’t this story take place in a city? In a medium-sized town? What is the name for a setting that is crucial for the story? What aspects of it don’t work in another locale?
This story features a good deal of unforeseen consequences. What led Drew to make the decisions that he made, and what were the results?
Many components of the story here are allegorical or symbolic. What are the different symbols and their meanings? The grains of wheat are perhaps the easiest to determine, but what about Drew? What about the Scythe, the house, and the field?
