V5 20-21 Power & Glory part 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

The Power and the Glory

Part One

-Setting

-Main characters > describe in detail

-Background (presentations)

Starter task Power and Glory; PAIRS

1. Scan the text from the book The Lacuna (Barbara Kingsolver) and

a. note words/sentences which refer to themes in The Power and the Glory.

b. speculate about what could be said about Priests (final word page 13)

The title refers to:

Presentations

A: the author

B: historical background 

-Audience: take notes > hand in

Give 5 facts on Graham Greene's life

Give 5 facts on Mexican revolution

What is meant by "prohibition state"?

Draw a picture of the setting and submit (Where, when, who, mood)

Content

Read and keep track:

- language

- symbolism

-literary devices

Vultures looked down with shabby indifference: means.... (p 1)

Memory drained out of him in the heat (p 2).....means..

Who was General Obregon?

Mr Tench and ........................( p 5)

- who does Mr Tench meet?

- what do they discuss?

-who is Mr Lopez? Undesirables?

-what does the little man want?

-where do they go/what do they have?

Home = (p 5/6)

Home lay like a picture postcard on a pile of other postcards =

postcard > life as a dentist, why a dentist? 

postcard > the hot wet river-port and the vultures

What is Mr Tench's home like? (Madonna)  He feels> 

"Pride wavered in his voice like a plant with shallow roots"

What can you tell about Mr Tench?

Why does the stranger want to go to Vera Cruz?

The child

- what does the child want?

- how does the child behave?

-I am meant to miss it > meaning? (p11)

-how does the stranger react? Why?

"People say, you do no good"

The book

- The stranger left a book > title?

-What was the problem? What did Mr Tench do?

-Where did he go and why?

-What does the boat, leaving, represent?

-Contrast: change of perspective: mood? 

mules > reference to ?

"Let me be caught" Why?

How does the setting reflect the characters? (themes)

Homework

- read Part One, take notes!

- do: questions on ELO

-study notes, watch video Youtube

(Crash course on Mexican revolution)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3etNvbIJ0EY