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Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:__

Point of View: Third person

Protagonist: Dr.Jenkins

What type of character is the Protagonist? He is round and well developed

Antagonist: The environment

Describe the setting It’s at a sunset, near the lake in a cold weather. And it’s around a fire.

Type of Conflict: Man V.S environment

Describe the main conflict: <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">How Dr.Jenkins changes his idea of this world, how he looks at the world.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Describe the Climax of the Story: <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">It’s all between the conversation between those <range type="comment" id="443055">mans, the way they look at the world. And how Dr.Jenkins looks at people; how he changes over the story.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">He starts with a really kind heart, he only looks at the good side of someone, and at the end he changes his opines, he starts to look at people in another way, he become specious, and questions about people around him.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">It’s a metaphor of the story. <range type="comment" id="107368">The theme is about the last few survivors after a world war, and their thinking about the past war.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The conflict is man V.S environment, and the theme is about how Dr.Jenkins looks at the world. How he changes his opion over the environment around him.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The climax is about Dr.Jenkins’ mind changing over the environment, <range type="comment" id="142406">and the theme is about how people looks at the world, and changes their opion based on the environment.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Simile: <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">“Within the cell there was a little red of fire, which showed dully through the opening, like a reflection or a deception of the imagination.”

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Metaphor: <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">“The light came from the chary burning of four blocks of poorly aged peat, which gave off a petty warmth and much acrid smoke.”

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Personification: "new trees trying to grow"

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"><range type="comment" id="149225">Symbol: “an old portable phonograph in a black case. He smoothed the top with his hand, and then opened it.” "new trees trying to grow"

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Foreshadowing (give both elements): <range type="comment" id="847620">"When he had stopped the whirling of the sacred disk, he couteously left the phonograph open and by the fire in sight."

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Irony: <range type="comment" id="360721">"he heard nothing but what was there"

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Imagery: " Under the wuthering arch of high wind, a V of wild geese fled south."

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The story is about the last few survivors after the war, and their opions about the environment, and how they change their opions about people based on the environment they are living in. And that’s a part of humanity, how we look at others based on the environment, and what we been thought.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">1 When is this story set? What has recently happened? Support your opinion with details from the story. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">It’s after a war, and it’s happening near winter, the fact that the mud is frozen, and it’s after a war because the men<range type="comment" id="370990">s seem like they got nothing with them.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">2 What is the purpose of the men’s meeting? Why does the author compare the unwrapping of the book bundle to a ceremonial rite? <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The purpose of the meeting is for the mens to discuss about their opinions, and how they look at the world now after the war. And the author compares the unwrapping of the book bundle to a ceremonial rite because the books have relations with the story.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">3 What is the significance of the books that were saved? Why are there no recent works of friction included? <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The significance of the books that were saved are reflected to those <range type="comment" id="458909">mans' life, why they are so important to them. There were no recent wirk of friction included because this story is old, and it aboutthe mans' past life, it's long time ago.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">4 What do you think is the significance of Dr.Jenkins clutching the lead pipe at the end of the story? <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What do you think might happen next? Using refrences from the story. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Dr Jenkins clutching the lead pipe at the end of the story because it's like his life, it's all clutched at the end. And the lead pipe is part of the protable phonograph. I think what will happen next will be that Dr. Jenkins life goes on, how he will treat others around him with his specious heart.

Completion 5/5 Effort 3/5 Content 2.5/5 Questions 8/8 Total 18.5/23 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Persentation:

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