The Way Up to Heaven

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

The Way up to Heaven 

By Roald Dahl 

Give a brief description of the setting of the story in seperate words

Setting

Main scenes that form the setting are the Foster's house in New York, in the taxi, at the airport and a visit to Paris. 

The Fosters’ house is an absurdly large residence in New York City. It has six stories, and it is populated by the Fosters and their servants. 

The story is set in 1950s or 1960s.
It all happens within a period of 6 weeks. 

Exposition 

Setting: Large six-story house on East Sixty-Second street in New York city. 

Characters: Mrs Foster and Mr. Eugene Foster

What is 'The Way up to Heaven' really about? What is a central theme?

Revenge

Describe Mrs. Foster in one word

Describe Mr. Foster in one word

Assignment (10 minutes)

• Form groups of three. 
• Draw or visualize on your laptop the persona of Mr Foster and Mrs Foster on two seperate pieces of paper or two seperate images. 
• Use what we have read so far and the descriptive language that has been used. 

The drawn pictures aren't judged or anything, they just need to give an idea of the persona. 

After ten minutes we will compare photos

Mr Foster

Mrs Foster