When a reader does not understand a detail of a story the best approach for understanding is to

look up words you don't know. once you get the definitions, replace the word with that definition while re-reading the passage. If you still don't quite understand the story, look up some information about the story. As a college student sometimes I use sparknotes, or enotes, or sometimes I ask for help through .

Try a website like the previous person mentioned, sparknotes is a great website which i have used myself. something that would help is looking up the story you are looking for online. google helps alot to find information for a story you might need help with.