H5 - week 51 literature & week 2 literature review

• Engels
• Middelbare school

Today's objectives

1) Understanding "The Lottery"

&

Analysis through:

quiz, debate, comic (pictures)

2) Review of 5 short stories - what do you still know

Title - "The Lottery"

What's up with the title?

Why is it ironic?

Conflict

What is Tess's (protagonist) external conflict?

Debate in groups of 3

Theme

This story sparked up a lot of controversy.

People did not like it at first.

1. What do you think the main theme is?
   
2. What do you make of the old man Warner & the old, cracked &  chipped box?
   

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Another example

Write & draw in pairs

Like the example of "Lamb to the Slaughter", write & draw the main parts of the Lottery (6 pictures):

1. Setting/Exposition (=setting/background information)
   
2. Conflict (protagonist/antagonist)
   
3. Rising action
   
4. Climax
   
5. Falling action (right after climax, leads to the end)
   
6. Resolution (where the main problem is resolved or worked out). 
   

The Lottery 

Exposition = setting & introduction 

What's the right order of events in a
story's plot?

1. Introduction / inciting incident / rising action / falling action / resolution
2. Introduction / inciting incident / rising action / climax / falling action / resolution
3. Introduction / story / end
4. Introduction / falling action / rising action / resolution / climax / inciting incident

What's a short story?

What is setting in a story?

1. Characters
2. Time
3. Time & location
4. When you set the table

Describe the setting of
"Lamb to the Slaughter" & how it is irmportant/contributes to the theme

What is the story of Sredni Vashtar about?

Give for all five short stories, the protagonist(s):

Who causes conflict for whom in a short story?

1. Protagonist for Antagonist
2. Secondary Character for Antagonist
3. Boohoo I 've never paid any attention
4. Antagonist for Protagonist.

A narrative twist =

1. a naughty ending
2. a surprise ending
3. more details at the end
4. Huh? Whasthat?

What was the theme of Lamb to the Slaughter?

Explain the title of Lamb to the Slaughter?

What does the title "Mr. Know-all" mean?

Explain the title "The gift of the Magi"

What's a narrative hook?

What is the climax in a short story?

1. When they sleep together
2. When they actually like each other
3. Beats me, but on the test I'll know
4. Highest point of emotion AND character resolves struggle

What is the literary term for "looking backward"

1. foreshadowing
2. flashback
3. back-looking
4. thinking

The Lottery
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/title

Sredini Vashtar
Setting/characters/ conflict/theme/climax/title

Mr. Know-all
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/title/
narrative twist

Lamb to the Slaughter
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/
title/narrative twist

The gift of the Magi
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/
title/narrative twist

Which short story did you like best?
Why?

Today's objectives

The gift of the Magi- analysis

Mr. Know-all -  analysis 

Sredni Vashtar - analysis (start)

The Gift of the Magi 

Plot:

• Jim and Della
  
• Christmas Eve
  
• Fob Chain
  
• Hair Combs
  
• Dramatic irony (reader knows what is going to happen, characters don't)
  
• "They are the wisest" -> meaning?
  

The Gift of the Magi - group discussion

• Setting: time & location

• Protagonists (main characters/"good guys"):
  
• Antagonist (not a person):
  
• Secondary character:
  

• Conflict (what prevents Jim & Della from getting what they want?):

• Climax (highest point of emotion/turning point): 
  

• Themes (universal idea): 
  

• Title:
  

The Gift of the Magi - key

• Setting:                                               Christmas eve, poor flat (poor people's home)

• Protagonists:                                   Jim & Della
  
• Antagonist (not a person):        the value placed on material gifts
  
• Secondary character:                 Mme. Sofronie
  

• Conflict:                                             Not having money

• Climax:                                               When they open each other's gifts and realizing they are worthless
  

• Themes:                                            Sacrifice (Love, wealth)
  

• Title:                                                  the Magi were wise just as Jim and Della who value each other's love more than material gifts

                                                                  (their gifts are like the magi's gifts which were "spiritual")

Mr. Know-all

Mr. Know-all 

Setting = 

 on a liner (ship) sailing from the USA to Japan some time after WW I

 War = 

1) background for cultural differences and prejudice 

2) After 1st WW, times were poor, travelling took a long time and huts are shared 

    (The narrator "I" is of British descent and shares a hut with Mr. Kelada, of Oriental descent).

Sea=

Neutral place

Mr. Know-all 

1) Give a detailed description of Mr. Know-all (p. 14/15)

2) Give a description of Mr. Ramsay (top of p. 16)

3) Why does the narrator ("I"-person telling the story) not like Mr. Know-all?

Conflict (video & questions)

Who causes conflict for whom?

Describe the conflict/problem 

How does the protagonist try to solve this?

Characters

• Who are the protagonists?

• Who is the antagonist?

• Who is the secondary character?

Climax

 Mr. Kelada and Mr. Ramsay get into a heated argument over cultured pearls. Mr. Kelada claims to know all about pearls. Mr. Ramsay dares him to make a bet. Mr. Kelada bets Mrs. Ramsay's pearl necklace is worth a fortune. Mrs. Ramsay turns quite pale and Mr. Kelada then apologizes and says the necklace is worthless.

1. Why is this event a climax or turning point? Why are emotions at their peak?
   
2. What does Mr. Kelada now know about Mrs. Ramsay?
   
3. Why does the narrator like Mr. Kelada better now?
   

 Theme & Title

What is the theme of the story? 

How is the theme related to the title?

Mr. Know-all analysis

• Theme: 

      prejudice (Foreigner who doesn't share British conventions of politeness appears to be more polite than anticipated)

      Story's lesson:  "don't judge a book by its cover"

• Title: 

      Mr. Know-all annoys people by always taking the lead in conversations and claiming he is right 

      (being very sociable = culturaldifference/cultural perspective: name as a compliment)

     He is apparently wrong  about the pearls' value (people catch him lying, proving their prejudice is correct).  

     But he is actually right their value and did indeed know "all"  (value of the pearls, Mrs. Ramsay's possible affair)

Mr. Know-all analysis

• Protagonist:                          Narrator - British, Mr. Kelada - Oriental descent
• Antagonist:                           Mr. Ramsay (British)
• Secondary characters:   Mrs. Ramsay (British), the doctor 

• Conflict:                                 Argument & bet over pearl necklace. External conflict: Mr Ramsay / Society's prejudice 

                                                         (Mr. Ramsay dares Mr. Kelada to bet on the pearls' value / Society views Kelada as a "Know-all")

• Rising action:                      Mr. Ramsay's and Mr. Kelada's heated argument over cultured pearls
• Climax:                                  Mr. Kelada examining Mrs. Ramsay's pearls and declaring them "not real"
• Falling action:                    Mr. Kelada is made fun of by the other people on the ship (he doesn't know everything)
• Resolution:                         The narrator finds out about Mr. Kelada's true nature (he's a good person/polite to Mrs. Ramsay by not

                                                         embarrasing her)

Sredni Vashtar

Sredni Vashtar - analysis

• Setting
  
• Characters
  
• Conflict
  
• Climax
  
• Theme
  
• Title
  

Plot - discuss 

• Conradin (10-year-old boy)
  
• Guardian/aunt (name?)
  
• Terminally ill (deadly disease)
  
• Garden shed
  
• Two animals 
• Sredni Vashtar (Who is this? Role?)
  
• Religion aunt/boy
  
• Who dies & why?
  

Setting

Time: 

1900-1911 / traditional roles (maid, guardian, no children's rights)

Location:

Middle class home, garden shed

Characters

Protagonist = 

Antagonist = 

Secondary characters =

Conflict

Who causes conflict for whom?

Describe the conflict/problem 

How does the protagonist try to solve this?

Climax

When does the story reach its peak in emotions?

Themes

• Reality vs Imagination (Conradin's real life / life in garden shed)
  

• Religion (Sredni Vashtar - garden shed / Christian religion - church)
  

Story's moral (NOT theme)

• What does the story say about people? (Mrs. De Ropp, Conradin)

• What is the literal & figurative meaning of Mrs. De Ropp's myopia (short-sightedness)?

What have you learned?