| Characterize Sally, the narrator of the story. |
| Characterize her co-worker Kathy. |
| Characterize her boss, Charlie. |
| All three humans are initially prejudiced against the alien. What is the
root of the prejudice of each of these three characters? How do the sources
of their prejudices differ? |
| Notice the way Sally addresses the alien out loud and the way she refers to
the alien in her mind. Why does she switch back and forth? |
| Why does Charlie immediately refer to the alien as "he"? |
| Why
does distinguishing between a thing and a human involve the assigning of
gender? |
| Why
does Sally treat the alien with respect? |
| Why
does Sally get angry at the end of the story? Who or what is she angry at? |
| Note
the references to Bogart's hat in the movie Casablanca.
Do you recognize the further connection to Casablanca in the story's title? What is the significance of these references? |
