rising action of the First Read: She Unnames Them

Answer 1

The rising action of the first read "She Unnames Them" by Ursula K. Le Guin includes the following events:

1. The narrator, who is unnamed but referred to as "she," creates names for all the animals in the garden. The names are taken from Adam's task of naming the animals in the biblical story.

2. She becomes dissatisfied with the names, feeling that they diminish the true essence of the animals and impose human ideas and expectations on them.

3. The narrator begins to unname the animals, taking away the names she gave them and returning them to their original, unnamed state.

4. As she unnames them, the animals undergo a transformation. They become wilder, more untamed, and more attuned to their instincts and nature.

5. The narrator realizes that by naming the animals, she had imposed a human construct on them, limiting their true identities and potential.

6. The animals respond to the unnamings by reclaiming their wildness and reconnecting with their primal instincts. They become freer and more true to themselves.

These events lead to the climax of the story, where the animals have been unnamed and have embraced their wildness.