3. The Fourth Morning

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Goals for today 

Planning until 8th April 

Looking at The White Tiger chapter 3 & 4 

Planning 

12th March completed The White Tiger

Project week - I'm absent Mon 16th & Tue 17th March 

Week 6th April no lessons

18th & 19th March paper 1 

Week 23rd March paper 2 

Week 30th March paper 1 & 2 (choice) 

Re-read your 3 paper 2 choices and take notes 

Central concepts in The White Tiger

Inequality corruption education freedom 

Supporting concepts 

caste/social system

entrepreneurship

bribery & fraud

power & privilege

globalisation

Conceptual relationship questions 

How does corruption influence inequality?

What is the role of education in freedom?

What effect do inequality and corruption have on freedom?

What is the role of inequality in corruption? 

Initial Line of Inquiry 

How names are used in the novel The White Tiger?

Adiga successfully employs a number of stylistic techniques to convey the protagonists identity transformation through the changes in his name throughout the novel The White Tiger. 

The next step would be to kill you darlings and decide where your focus is for an essay of max 1,500 words ( 3 pages single spaced and 6 pages double spaced).

Then start to populate, in a second circle, examples that would specifically support your argument. 

Highlighting

Read the HLE and as you read highlight the following aspects of this work: 

1. Literary or Stylistic Features 

2. Textual references (quotes or references)

3. Author/ reader (audience) relationship (effect on reader) 

4. Line of Inquiry/ insightful idea

5. Transitions 

Criterion A: Knowledge, understanding and interpretation (5 marks)

• To what extent does the student show knowledge and understanding of the work or text?
  
• To what extent does the student use their knowledge and understanding to reach conclusions about the work or text in relation to their chosen topic?
  
• 3 out of 5
  
• While there are frequent references to the novel, demonstrating a decent knowledge of the text, the response is limited in terms of using this to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the implications presented by the satire and social commentary of the work.  
  

Criterion B: Analysis and evaluation (5 marks)

• To what extent does the student analyze and evaluate how language, style, and wider authorial choices influence meaning in relation to their chosen topic?
  
• 3 out of 5
  
• The response does identify a range of authorial choices although it is often descriptive rather than analytical and misses opportunities to analyse the effects and implications of these features in greater depth. Nevertheless there are attempts to address metaphorical or symbolic implications of names in general, although their satirical attempt is not analysed insightfully. The more effective treatment is the evaluation of the protagonist taking on the final name and the broader idea of transformation. 
  

Criterion C: Focus, organisation, and development (5 marks)

• To what extent is the presentation of ideas organized, focused, and developed?
  
• How effectively has the student integrated supporting examples into their essay?
  
• 3 out of 5
• The response is generally organised and there is some development of a line of inquiry.  
  

Criterion D: Language (5 marks)

• How clear, varied, and accurate is the student's language?
  
• To what extent is the student's choice of register, style, and terminology appropriate?
  
• 4 out of 5
• Language is somewhat complex with a consistent use of appropriate register and style. It is mostly accurate despite some minor lapses.
  
• Total = 13/20 = low 5 

The next step would be to kill you darlings and decide where your focus is for an essay of max 1,500 words ( 3 pages single spaced and 6 pages double spaced).

Then start to populate, in a second circle, examples that would specifically support your argument. 

Mindmup.com

1. Go to mindmup.com and use the free option.
   
2. Make, for yourself, the central idea as focused as you can. 
   
3. Generate more than you need to be able to find focus for your essay. 
   

Example thesis statement

Vuong dramatically employs non-linear and disrupted plot construction to convey 

Goals for today 

Analytical questions on "The Fourth Morning" 

Finding out some information about the Indian electoral system 

Taking Cornell notes 

We will look at bribes and bribery statistics 

The Fourth Morning 

1. List the shocking facts about Indian elections that are mentioned in this chapter.

2. Why is the fate of the one rebel who tries to vote in person relevant? (p. 102)

3. What do we get to know about Vijay’s new position in society?

4. Discuss the meeting between the Stork family and the Great Socialist and the repercussions of this meeting. (p. 103-105)

5. How does the hierarchy among the Stork’s servants change and why?

6. Interpret the scene where Ashok takes the wheel for a brief time. Use quotes to support your ideas. 

The Fourth Morning 

7. "When we meet again, at midnight, remind me to turn the chandelier up a bit. The story gets much darker from here." (p. 113) What do you think the chandelier symbolises? Look forward to page 117, and make comparisons between these two references to the chandelier. 

8. This chapter ends with an image of darkness: "The story gets much darker from here." (p. 113) Consider the images of dark and light in the novel and the idea of the 'darkness' itself. Can you make any connections between these images and the one of the "white tiger". 

9. "Like eunuchs discussing the Kama Sutra, the voters discussed the elections in Laxmangargh." p. 98 Interpret this simile. 

Characterisation - imagery & juxtaposition 

STEAL 

Say, think, effect on other characters, actions, looks 

Imagery - Olfactory, tactile 

Juxtaposition - stubble vs clean shaven 

Cologne vs sweat 

Driver vs passenger

Master vs servant 

Old-school vs modern 

Dialogue 

Divide up your exercise book in this way.

The Fourth Morning 

Take Cornell notes in your exercise book. 

Watch Hasan Minhaj’s video, in the next slide, on the 2019 Indian elections. Does the video confirm Adiga’s portrayal of Indian politics? If so, how? Give examples given in the video. 

Rigged elections and voter fraud are commonly believed to be merely a problem in so-called banana republics or autocratic countries. However, scare tactics and bureaucratic obstacles have always been weapons to keep people away from voting, even in countries which claim to be examples of democracy. 

www.bbc.com

Do some research into Gandhi and his legacy. 

Take notes in your exercise book.