Man from the South

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Please read Man From The South and answer the questions (25 minutes).

The Man from the South

Introduction / Exposition (setting)

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Initial action

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The Man from the South

Introduction / Exposition (setting)

Narrator (first person) sits by the pool (drinking a beer, smoking a cigarette), observing some young men and women playing in the pool. 

Initial action

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The Man from the South

Introduction / Exposition

Narrator sits by the pool (drinking a beer, smoking a cigarette), observing some young men and women playing in the pool. 

Initial action

A South-American man (protagonist = Carlos) enters the scene and strikes up a conversation with the narrator.

The Man from the South

Rising action

• A young American man joins them, and the South-American man bets him his Cadillac that he cannot light his lighter ten times in a row.​
• The terms of the bet are established​
• They go up to the room of the South-American man, who sends the maid for some supplies. 

Climax

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The Man from the South

Climax

 The old man ties the American boy's hand to the table. The boy lights the lighter eight times, and is then interrupted by the entrance of a woman. 

Falling action

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The Man from the South

Climax

 The old man ties the American boy's hand to the table. The boy lights the lighter eight times, and is then interrupted by the entrance of a woman. 

Falling action

The woman (antagonist) prevents the men from completing the game and tells them the old man has nothing to bet with, calling everything off. 

The Man from the South

Resolution

• It is revealed that the old man has nothing to bet with because she won it all from him, over some period of time. ​
• It is revealed that this has cost her some fingers.​
• It is revealed that the old man has mental problems and that the woman has taken him out of their country to avoid institutionalization. 

In what part of the story did you begin to feel that the bet was going too far?

Quentin Tarantino used this story for his movie Four Rooms

Man from the south

Another famous director that used Roald Dahl's short story is Alfred Hitchcock.

The alternative ending of Tarantino is not just a plot difference but also changes the message that the writer was trying to give us about gambling. Roald Dahl’s stories often have a moral side to them. What is, according to you, the moral of Man From The South?

In the short story Man From The South the narrator is:

1. the man from the south
2. the naval cadet
3. the bellhop
4. one of the tourists at the hotel

Choose the (2) directors that have filmed the Man From The South:

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

What kind of addiction does the text deal with?

1. mobile games
2. gambling
3. drugs
4. drinking

THE END!