Hitchhiker Roald Dahl

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Did the title give you a hint of what the story might be about?

Did the title give you a hint about the genre of the story?.

In literature we usually divide texts into two major types:

Fiction and Nonfiction.

Fiction = literature that is made up. It comes from the writer’s imagination. Examples of the genre of fiction are e.g. a play, a poem, fairytale, science fiction or fantasy.

Nonfiction = literature about real people, places, things and ideas, containing facts that can be checked and proven. Examples of nonfiction genres are e.g. a biography, a news article, a travel journal or a textbook.

Realistic fiction – stories that resemble real life with characters who react similarly to real people.

Characters

There are two meanings of the word character:

1) The person in a work of fiction.

2) The character traits of a person.

Characterization is the information the author gives the reader about the characters themselves.

The author may reveal a character in several ways, by describing:

a. directly what he or she is like (humble, dainty, ambitious etc.)

b. what he or she looks like

c. what he/she says, thinks, feels and dreams

d. what he/she does or does not do

e. what others say about him/her and how others react to him/her

Who is the main character?
Did the author describe him well?

Give examples of the character's description

a: Who are the other characters?
b: What do you know about them?

What is the setting of the story?

How is the setting described?

Describe the plot of the story: is there a beginning-middle-end?

Describe the end: What was the twist?