What has happened to Lulu

Answer all questions

1.

What is the poem about and who are the personas?

2.

What does the open window signify, literally and

figuratively?

3.

Based on the line, you dont know what to do in stanza

6, sum up mothers feeelings.

4. You say it was a gust of rain..what has been compared

to a gust of rain? Do you think the persona accept the
explanation given by mother? Give a reason to your answer.
5. From stanza 2, who do you think wrote the note and to
whom was it addressed?
6. Explain a theme portrayed in the poem.
7. What are left on the bed and what does this tells you
about Lulus running away?

8. What actions of the mother tell us that she feels sad?

9.What does the curtain flapping free symbolises?
10. In stanza 3, what has puzzled the persona?

ANSWERS
1.

The poem is about a sibling running away and the personas are the brother and
mother.

2.

It signifies that Lulu escaped through the window literally and that Lulu is
starting a new way of life, figuratively.

3.

Mother is at a loss about what is happening and cannot think straight.

4.

Comparison: The voice crying out in pain or anger is compared to a gust of rain

Reason: No, I dont think so because he sounds exasperated when he says but
now I ask you why.
5.

I think Lulu wrote the note and it is addressed to mother.

6.

One of the themes in the story is the grief of a sibling and a parent when
someone they love is missing.

7.

They found a shoe and an old rag-doll and this tells me that she left in a hurry,
probably to make sure she can get away without being caught.

8.

Mothers actions of shaking her head, crying, burning the note and wandering
around helplessly.

9.

It symbolizes the freedom that Lulu is looking for and her attempt to achieve it.

10.

He is puzzled about the mothers actions of crying and crumpling up note and
throwing it into the fire.

Synopsis

From the very beginning, th epersona wants to know from his mother what
has happened to his sister,Lulu. His sister seems to have disappeared or run
away. Lulus bed only has an old rag-doll and a shoe. Her window is wide
open and her money-box is missing from her shelf. The personas mother
sheds tears, looks upset and has thrown a crumpled note into the fire. She is
pacing up and down looking troubled and helpless. Mother tells persona that
the loud noise and roar of an engine he heard late in the night are all part of
a dream. The cries he heard are supposed to be a gust of rain. The persona is
still in the dark about the whereabouts of his sister, Lulu.