Short Fiction (Level II)

• How does the narrator's unreliable voice build pressure through the opening pages?
• What work does the recurring image of the lantern do in the final scene?
• Where does the story's structure echo Halloway's earlier novellas, and where does it break from them?

Please write a 300-word response that addresses these questions and draws on specific passages from the text to support your reading. Use complete sentences and consistent punctuation, and shape the response with a clear opening claim, supporting body, and close.