English 2A - Final Fall Semester (Crockett)

Point of View 2nd

The narrator brings "you," the reader, into the story when telling the story.

What is First Point of View

The narrator is a character in the story and uses "I" or "me" when telling the story.

Point of View (3rd Person) omniscient

The narrator sees into the minds of more than one character when telling the story- uses "he," "she," "they," etc.

What is the definition of 3rd Person Objective Point of View?

The unbiased narrator tells what happens while only revealing the story's action and dialogue.

What does the narrator do in 3rd Person Objective Point of View?

The narrator never tells us what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer.

What pronouns are used in 3rd Person Objective Point of View?

3rd person pronouns are used (he, she, etc.).

Point of View (3rd Person) Limited

The narrator tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes, and uses "he," "they," "she," etc.

What is major characterization

The most important characters in a story.

The story revolves around these characters' lives.

major characterization

What is minor characterization

They interact with the main characters, but the plot does not revolve around them

What is round characterization

A character with many qualities and personality traits.

They sometimes experience a conflict and change as a result.

What is a flat character?

A character with only a couple characteristics

What is the main purpose of a flat character

His or her main purpose is to reveal things about other characters or move the plot along.

What characters seem like real people

round characters

What is a dynamic character

A character who changes throughout the story.

Dynamic Characters are usually

They are typically major, round characters.

What is a static character

A character who does NOT change throughout a story.

What is a protagonist?

The main character of a story—often considered to be the hero of the story.

What is a Antagonist

The character who frustrates, deceives, or works against the main character.

Methods of characterization - direct

The narrator makes direct comments about the character. (TELLS instead of shows)

What is indirect characterization?

A method of characterization where the character is revealed through speech, thoughts, feelings, actions, and physical appearance.

How do we learn about a character in indirect characterization?

Through the character's speech, thoughts, feelings, actions, physical appearance, and other characters' thoughts and speech about them.

What does indirect characterization do?

It shows the character's traits instead of telling them directly.

All dialogue is ______

indirect

All narration is

direct

Irony (situational)

When there is a contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens.

The OPPOSITE of what one would expect to happen.

Irony (verbal)

Saying one thing, but meaning something else. . . knowingly exaggerating. (Similar to Sarcasm)

Irony (dramatic)

The audience or reader knows something another character does not know.

Conflict- Internal: Man vs. Self

A conflict that occurs within a character's mind. (man vs. himself)

What are the four types of External Conflict

Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society, Man vs. supernatural

What is an external conflict

A conflict that occurs between a character and an outside force.

What is the setting? (Pearl)

Sometime in the 1900 in La Paz, Baja California

How does Kino make a living?

Pearl fisherman

What is Kino's most valuable possession?

the canoe from his father

What happens to Coyotito in the beginning of the story, and how is this an example of foreshadowing?

The scorpion biting Coyotito foreshadows the attack on innocence that the pearl will bring. The

What does Kino want to buy with the money from the pearl?

Wants to buy a rifle, clothes for his family, send coyottito to school, and marry Juana

What happens when Kino tries to sell the pearl?

The buyer tried to undersell the pearl because he thought kino would not know the true value of the pearl

List the bad things that happen to Kino and Juana after Kino finds the pearl.

, Kino stops her arm and punches her in the face with his fist. While she is down, he kicks her. Expecting him to kill her, Juana accepts her fate, but then Kino walks away in disgust. As he leaves, Kino is attacked by a robber, whom he stabs.

What does Juana want to do with the pearl?

Throw it into the sea to get rid of darkness that surrounds the pearl

Who is Juan Tomas? Apolonia?

Juana and kino - sisters/brothers (In - Laws)

Why must Juana and Kino leave town and hide?

because Kino has committed a horrible crime. (killing an attacker)

What are the intentions of the trackers, according to Kino?

To take the pearl from kino

What happens to the trackers?

Kino springs on the trackers and kills them all

What can we infer by the fact that the trackers believe a coyote is in the mountain?

What is the irony in this?

If they were trackers they should have been able to know that the cry wasn't of a coyote but a baby

What is the cry of death at the end of the story?

Coyttito being shot in the head

What is Kino carrying when he re-enters the town? What is Juana carrying?

Kino is carrying a rifle, Juana is carrying her dead son

Situational or Dramatic: Kino and Juana are hiding in Juan Tomas' house, but the neighbors don't know where they are.

Dramatic

Situational or Dramatic: The pearl was supposed to bring fortune and wealth, but instead it brought disaster and tragedy.

Situational

Situational or Dramatic: In the end, Kino ended up with one of the things he originally wished the pearl would buy him.

Situational

What does the scorpion symbolize?

It signaled the start of danger. It represents evil (mainly in nature)

What does the canoe symbolize?

The canoe symbolized family and the structure of it. This is because it came after Kino struck Juana the and the canoe was destroyed. The canoe was passed down through the family. It also represents survival

What does the pearl symbolize?

The pearl started out representing hope by giving Coyottito schooling. At the end it represented a mans greed.

What is - Social Oppression

Examining the prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control over certain groups in society

What is Money, Possessions, & Greed

One of the themes present in the Pearl

Is money necessary to be successful in life?

Can money change a person?

Who is Elie Wiesel? How old is he at the time of deportation?

Elie Wiesel was a Jew who was sent to Auschwitz In 1944, when he was just 15 years old, Elie was deported

What is Antisemitism?

Hatred of Jews

What is the difference between memoir and autobiography?

A memoir is an account of events in a person's life that is written BY the person that the events are about.

Autobiography is written in chronological order and covers the person's entire life.

What is the setting at the beginning of the memoir, and how does it change over the course of the story? Night

Lived in Romania - transported to Poland - Later was sent to Germany before he was rescued

Who is Moishe the Beadle, and why is his role significant in the early part of the book? Night

a prophet through spiritual guidance to Wiesel and by telling the citizens of Sighet about his experience with the Nazi's.

Why didn't Elie's father leave the country when he had the chance? Night

He thought he was too old to have to rebuild his entire life

Why did some community members at first believe the Germans meant them no harm? - "The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew- it was ruled by delusion." Night

They thought the Germans were there to protect them and save there families from the war

What happens to Eliezer and his father when they arrive at Auschwitz? Night

When the Wiesels arrived at the camp, the men and women were immediately separated.

He and his father were warned to lie about their ages. Elie said he was 18 and his father said he was 40 instead of 50.

They were sent to a death camp and assigned to work groups.

His mother and youngest sister were sent directly to the gas chambers.

How does Eliezer's relationship with his father change as they endure life in the concentration camps? Night

being distant and respectful to being a source of strength and survival due to the harsh experiences they undergo during the Holocaust.

What role does the death march to Buchenwald play in Eliezer's journey? Night

It causes much more people to die, it further decays him and his fathers relationship, and the chance of survival becomes even fewer

How does the memoir end, and what is the significance of the final image of Eliezer seeing himself (a "corpse") in the mirror? Night

Eliezer's survival is a stroke of luck, a strange coincidence, no cause for rejoicing.

What are each of the themes discussed in Night?

Survival, Loss of Faith, Loss of Innocence, Identity, and Inhumanity

What are the primary elements of the dystopian genre?

a society where there is great suffering or injustice

Why is Anthem considered dystopian?

It is lit out of fear, hopelessness. Also because this dystopian society as "lost"

Where was Ayn Rand born?

St. Petersburg, Russia

What is totalitarianism?

Based on the idea of a totalitarian government inspired by Rand's birth nation

What type of society does Equality 7-2521 live in?

dystopian society

What drives Equality 7-2521 to break the laws of his society? - What is his "curse"?

His curse; his curse is intelligence/curiosity

What is the transgression of preference? How does Equality repeatedly commit this offense?

a transgression of preference occurs when a person deviates from societal norms to choose their own interests.

He prefers the Golden One over any other girl, international is his best friend, and he wanted to be in the house of scholars

How does Equality first discover his tunnel?

when they were working as street sweepers behind the theater near the edge of the unnamed city where they live.

How is he able to sneak away to his tunnel, and how does he spend his time there? Anthem

There is a mandatory 3 hour spot that they are required to report to that he skips to go to the tunnel

Who is the Golden One? What attracts Equality to her?

The Golden One works in a field; Her independence of spirit, even more than her physical beauty

Who is the Saint of the Pyre? Anthem

A man who was burned on a pyre for crimes of transgression, lying and more

Describe Equality 7-2521's discovery of electricity.

While dissecting a frog hanging on a copper wire, Equality 7-2521 discovers the power of electricity, which he explores in his tunnel underground. In his journal, he recounts his experiments: he makes a magnet move using electricity and creates a lighting rod outside the tunnel.

How does the Council of Scholars react to Equality 7-2521's invention?

The don't like it, refuse to accept it, and want to destroy it. They decide to punish Equality who then runs away.

What happens when Equality 7-2521 escapes into the Uncharted Forest?

He feels free for the first time (The golden one finds him too)

What name does Equality 7-2521 choose for himself at the end of the novella, and why?

Prometheus

Prometheus is the mythical Greek God who was punished when he brought the light of the gods to earth.

How does the novella critique collectivism? Anthem

By having the characters refer to one another as "we" instead of "I", showing a loss of individuality, she creates a sour taste for readers when thinking about collectivism.

What role does individuality play in Equality 7-2521's journey?

Equality learns that individuality is okay, and collectivism isn't always the best answer for everyone

How does the concept of forbidden knowledge drive the plot?

It creates a sense of danger when reading the story so the readers get hooked onto the story easier

What is the significance of the word "I" in the story?

It is the unspeakable word and proves how bad they think individuality is

How does the World Council represent the dangers of authoritarianism?Anthem

What they say is the final say - no body can go outside of what they think and say.

What does the Uncharted Forest symbolize?

unknown/freedom

How is light and darkness used as a symbol throughout the story? Anthem

light represents new knowledge Darkness symbolized lack off

speculative

not based on fact or investigation

disparage

belittle

judicious

(adj.) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible

dissemble

evil fame or reputation

infamy

evil fame or reputation

illustrious

(adj.) very famous, distinguished

avarice

greed

adhere

to stick to

avert

to turn away

indignant

feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

deign

to lower oneself before an inferior

incandescent

brilliant; giving off heat or light